Where does “deyfing” come from?
deyfing (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic deyfa, from Old Norse deyfa, from Proto-Germanic daubijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
deyfing (Icelandic): anesthesia
Definitions
- anesthesia
Ancestry of “deyfing”, step by step
deyfing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic deyfa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | deyfa | to numb; to anesthetize |
| 2 | Old Norse | deyfa | to make deaf, deafen |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | daubijaną | to make insensitive, to numb; to deafen; to dive |
| 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 |
via Icelandic ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | ing | — |