Where does “rennilás” come from?
rennilás (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic renna, from Old Norse renna, from Proto-Germanic rannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
rennilás (Icelandic): zipper, zip fastener
Ancestry of “rennilás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | renna | flow, stream; channel, duct; drain |
| 2 | Old Norse | renna | Alternative form of rinna; to cause to flow; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rannijaną | to cause to run; to cause to flow |
| 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 |