Where does “flæði” come from?
flæði (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic flæða, from Old Norse flœða, from Proto-Germanic flōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
flæði (Icelandic): flow
Ancestry of “flæði”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | flæða | to flow; to flood; to come in |
| 2 | Old Norse | flœða | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flōdijaną | to flood |
| 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 |