Where does “lausnarhraði” come from?
lausnarhraði (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lausn, from Old Norse lausn, from Proto-Germanic lausīniz, from Proto-Germanic lausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
lausnarhraði (Icelandic): escape velocity
Definitions
- escape velocity
Ancestry of “lausnarhraði”, step by step
lausnarhraði traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic lausn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | lausn | release; solution |
| 2 | Old Norse | lausn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lausīniz | a making loose, loosing, release |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lausijaną | to make loose; to release, to set free |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |