Where does “ræðast” come from?
ræðast (Faroese) comes from Icelandic -st, from Old Norse -sk, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European swe-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
ræðast (Faroese): to fear, to be afraid
Ancestry of “ræðast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | -st | turns verbs into middle voice verbs |
| 2 | Old Norse | -sk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sek | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swe- | self |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |