Where does “reyking” come from?

reyking (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic reykja, from Old Norse reykja, from Proto-Germanic raukijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

reyking (Icelandic): smoke-curing

Definitions

  1. smoke-curing

Ancestry of “reyking”, step by step

reyking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic reykja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicreykjato smoke; indefinite genitive plural of reykur
2Old Norsereykjato smoke
3Proto-Germanicraukijanąto smoke
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via Icelandic ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicing—
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →