Where does “beygingarlýsing” come from?
beygingarlýsing (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic beyging, from Icelandic beygja, from Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic baugijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
beygingarlýsing (Icelandic): a description or elucidation of inflection
Definitions
- a description or elucidation of inflection
Ancestry of “beygingarlýsing”, step by step
beygingarlýsing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic beyging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | beyging | bending, swaying; the act of bowing down;... |
| 2 | Icelandic | beygja | to bend; to turn; to inflect |
| 3 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 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 |
via Icelandic lýsing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | lýsing | lighting, illumination; description |
| 2 | Icelandic | lýsa | to give off light; glow, shine; to grow brighter;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | lýsa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | liuhsijaną | to light, to shine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | leuhsaz | light, bright |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk-so- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |