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
Ancestry of “noyða”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | neyða | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | naudijaną | to compel, to force |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |