Where does “dwellen” come from?
dwellen (Middle English) comes from Old English dwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan, from Proto-Germanic dwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
dwellen (Middle English): to dwell; to reside; to live
Definitions
- to dwell; to reside; to live
Ancestry of “dwellen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | dwellan | to mislead, deceive; to hinder; to err, go astray |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *dwalljan | to be confused, perplex |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dwaljaną | to be confused, perplex; to hold up, delay |
| 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 |