Where does “tegnebog” come from?
tegnebog (Danish) comes from Danish tegne, from Old Norse teikna, from Proto-Germanic taiknijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
tegnebog (Danish): wallet small case for keeping money, credit cards, etc
Definitions
- wallet small case for keeping money, credit cards, etc
Ancestry of “tegnebog”, step by step
tegnebog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish tegne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tegne | draw; design; represent |
| 2 | Old Norse | teikna | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taiknijaną | to show, point |
| 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 |