Where does “rusting” come from?
rusting (English) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ruste, from Middle Low German rusten, from Proto-West Germanic hrustijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
rusting (English): present participle of rust; The development of...
Definitions
- present participle of rust; The development of...
Ancestry of “rusting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ruste | to rust |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rusten | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hrustijan | to adorn, decorate; to equip |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “rusting”