Where does “geysir” come from?
geysir (Finnish) comes from Icelandic Geysir, from Icelandic geysa, from Old Norse geysa, from Proto-Germanic gausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
geysir (Finnish): geyser
Ancestry of “geysir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | Geysir | Gusher |
| 2 | Icelandic | geysa | to gush; to rush |
| 3 | Old Norse | geysa | to gush |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gausijaną | to make erupt |
| 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 |