Where does “ligbrænding” come from?
ligbrænding (Danish) comes from Danish brænding, from Danish brænde, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic brannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ligbrænding (Danish): cremation
Ancestry of “ligbrænding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | brænding | — |
| 2 | Danish | brænde | wood, firewood; to burn; to distill |
| 3 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |