Where does “noyða” come from?

noyða (Faroese) comes from Old Norse neyða, from Proto-Germanic naudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

noyða (Faroese): to compel, to force

Definitions

  1. to compel, to force

Ancestry of “noyða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseneyða—
2Proto-Germanicnaudijanąto compel, to force
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →