Where does “týnast” come from?
týnast (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic týna, from Old Norse týna, from Proto-Germanic tiunijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
týnast (Icelandic): to get lost
Definitions
- to get lost
Ancestry of “týnast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | týna | to lose |
| 2 | Old Norse | týna | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tiunijaną | to torture, torment, vex; to claim, use,... |
| 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 |