Where does “gaynen” come from?
gaynen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse gegna, from Proto-Germanic gaginjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
gaynen (Middle English): To be helpful, to help or aid; To win against,...
Definitions
- To be helpful, to help or aid; To win against,...
Ancestry of “gaynen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | gegna | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gaginjaną | To go against; To meet, to encounter |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “gaynen”