Where does “mænudeyfing” come from?
mænudeyfing (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic deyfing, 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.
mænudeyfing (Icelandic): spinal anaesthesia
Ancestry of “mænudeyfing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | deyfing | anesthesia |
| 2 | Icelandic | deyfa | to numb; to anesthetize |
| 3 | Old Norse | deyfa | to make deaf, deafen |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | daubijaną | to make insensitive, to numb; to deafen; to dive |
| 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 |