Where does “udslette” come from?
udslette (Danish) comes from Danish slette, from Old Norse slétta, from Proto-Germanic slihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
udslette (Danish): to annihilate, obliterate, delete
Definitions
- to annihilate, obliterate, delete
Ancestry of “udslette”, step by step
udslette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish slette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | slette | a plain; to delete; to eradicate |
| 2 | Old Norse | slétta | to even out |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | slihtijaną | to smoothe, to even out |
| 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 |