Where does “þreyttur” come from?

þreyttur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þreyttr, from Proto-Germanic þrautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

þreyttur (Icelandic): tired

Definitions

  1. tired

Ancestry of “þreyttur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþreyttrtired
2Proto-GermanicþrautijanąTo exhaust
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →