Where does “nonlending” come from?
nonlending (English) comes from English lending, from Icelandic lenda, 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.
nonlending (English): That does not lend; The policy or practice of not...
Definitions
- That does not lend; The policy or practice of not...
Ancestry of “nonlending”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lending | That lends; The action of, or an instance of the... |
| 2 | Icelandic | lenda | to land |
| 3 | Old Norse | lenda | to land |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | landijaną | to land |
| 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 |