Where does “sending” come from?

sending (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic senda, from Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic sandijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

sending (Icelandic): sending, dispatching; shipment, consignment; pass

Definitions

  1. sending, dispatching; shipment, consignment; pass

Ancestry of “sending”, step by step

sending traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic senda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsendato send
2Old Norsesendato send
3Proto-Germanicsandijanąto send
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—

Words derived from “sending”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →