Where does “trœsten” come from?
trœsten (Middle High German) comes from Old Dutch trōsten, from Proto-West Germanic *traustijan, from Proto-Germanic traustijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “trœsten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | trōsten | to console, to comfort |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *traustijan | to strengthen |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | traustijaną | to make strong, make reliable; to comfort,... |
| 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 |