Where does “ploegen” come from?

ploegen (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ploegen (Middle Dutch): to plough

Definitions

  1. to plough

Ancestry of “ploegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
2Old Dutch-en—
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “ploegen”

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