Where does “lande” come from?
lande (Danish) comes from Old Danish lændhe, from Old Norse lenda, from Proto-Germanic landijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
lande (Danish): to land; to land, end up; to land, bring down
Definitions
- to land; to land, end up; to land, bring down
Ancestry of “lande”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Danish | lændhe | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | lenda | to land |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | landijaną | to land |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |