Where does “aðalhending” come from?
aðalhending (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hending, from Icelandic henda, from Old Norse henda, from Proto-Germanic handijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
aðalhending (Icelandic): full rhyme, perfect rhyme
Definitions
- full rhyme, perfect rhyme
Ancestry of “aðalhending”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | hending | chance, coincidence; internal rhyme |
| 2 | Icelandic | henda | to throw; to throw away, dispose of; to happen |
| 3 | Old Norse | henda | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | handijaną | to take by the hand; seize; grip; capture |
| 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 |