Where does “synja” come from?
synja (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse synja, from Proto-Germanic sunjōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
synja (Icelandic): to refuse
Ancestry of “synja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | synja | to deny; to refuse, deny |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sunjōną | to deny a charge, put right; to put oneself in... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |