Where does “rèmme” come from?
rèmme (Limburgish) comes from Dutch remmen, from Middle Dutch remmen, from Old Dutch remmen, from Proto-Germanic hramjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
rèmme (Limburgish): to put on the break
Ancestry of “rèmme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | remmen | to brake, slow down; plural of rem |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | remmen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | remmen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hramjaną | to put into a frame, to place a frame around; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |