Where does “handbremsubeygja” come from?
handbremsubeygja (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic handbremsa, from Icelandic bremsa, from Danish bremse, from German brēmse, from Middle Low German brēmse, from Old Saxon brimissa, from Old Saxon *brummōn, from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn — to drone, hum, growl.
handbremsubeygja (Icelandic): handbrake turn
Definitions
- handbrake turn
Ancestry of “handbremsubeygja”, step by step
handbremsubeygja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic handbremsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | handbremsa | handbrake |
| 2 | Icelandic | bremsa | to brake; brake |
| 3 | Danish | bremse | brake |
| 4 | German | brēmse | brake, device for causing deceleration |
| 5 | Middle Low German | brēmse | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | brimissa | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *brummōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *brummōn | to drone, hum, growl |
via Icelandic beygja
| 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 |