Where does “lem” come from?
lem (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lemja, from Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic lamjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
lem (Icelandic): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “lem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | lemja | to hit, strike; to lame |
| 2 | Old Norse | lemja | to beat |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lamjaną | to bash, hit; to lame, cripple |
| 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 |