Where does “bøyelighet” come from?
bøyelighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bøyelig, from Norwegian Bokmål bøye, from Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic baugijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
bøyelighet (Norwegian Bokmål): flexibility
Definitions
- flexibility
Ancestry of “bøyelighet”, step by step
bøyelighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bøyelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bøyelig | flexible |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | bøye | a buoy; a gust of wind; a shower |
| 3 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 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 |