Where does โ€œ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œณ๐Œฐโ€ come from?

๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œณ๐Œฐ (Gothic) comes from Gothic ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œด๐Œน๐ƒ, from Proto-Germanic auรพijaz, from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚‚ewt(i)o-, from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚‚ew, from Proto-Indo-European วตสฐe โ€” Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œณ๐Œฐ (Gothic): wilderness, desert

Definitions

  1. wilderness, desert

Ancestry of โ€œ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œณ๐Œฐโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œด๐Œน๐ƒdeserted, desolate, barren; wild
2Proto-Germanicauรพijazvoid, empty, barren, deserted, waste
3Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚‚ewt(i)o-forlorn, deserted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚‚ewaway from, off; again
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanวตสฐePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European วตสฐe โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚‚ew โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚‚ewt(i)o- โ†’