Where does “hensygne” come from?
hensygne (Danish) comes from Danish hen, from Middle Low German hen, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hensygne (Danish): to languish, sicken, wither, waste away
Definitions
- to languish, sicken, wither, waste away
Ancestry of “hensygne”, step by step
hensygne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish hen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hen | Used with a verb, indicating a movement towards... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Middle English sygne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sygne | sign |
| 2 | Swedish | sjukna | to sicken; to get sick |
| 3 | Swedish | nå | to reach, attain; well? "encouragement to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | na | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | ná | to get hold of, reach, overtake; to get, obtain;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwijaną | to approach, to come near |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwaz | near, close |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nḗḱwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |