Where does “sévir” come from?

sévir (French) comes from Latin saevio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

sévir (French): to crack down, clamp down; to rage; to be rife

Definitions

  1. to crack down, clamp down; to rage; to be rife

Ancestry of “sévir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsaevioI rage, vent anger; I am furious; I thrash about,...
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →