Where does “neyða til” come from?

neyða til (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic neyða, from Old Norse neyða, from Proto-Germanic naudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

neyða til (Icelandic): neyða til; to force somebody to do something

Definitions

  1. neyða til; to force somebody to do something

Ancestry of “neyða til”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicneyðato force
2Old Norseneyða—
3Proto-Germanicnaudijanąto compel, to force
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →