Where does “deyða” come from?

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

deyða (Icelandic): to kill, to put to death

Definitions

to kill, to put to death

Ancestry of “deyða”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Norse	deyða	—
2	Proto-Germanic	daudijaną	to make dead, kill
3	Proto-Germanic	-janą	Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4	Proto-Indo-European	-yéti	Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	yé-	—
6	Chichewa	iye	he, she

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →