Where does “beygjanlegur” come from?
beygjanlegur (Icelandic) comes 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.
beygjanlegur (Icelandic): bendable
Ancestry of “beygjanlegur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | beygja | to bend; to turn; to inflect |
| 2 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |