Where does “sjónvarpssending” come from?
sjónvarpssending (Faroese) comes from Faroese sending, from Faroese senda, from Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic sandijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
sjónvarpssending (Faroese): television program
Ancestry of “sjónvarpssending”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Faroese | sending | delivery, mail; program; transmission |
| 2 | Faroese | senda | to send |
| 3 | Old Norse | senda | to send |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sandijaną | to send |
| 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 |