Where does “demning” come from?
demning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål demme, from Old Norse demma, from Proto-Germanic dammijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
demning (Norwegian Bokmål): a dam structure
Definitions
- a dam structure
Ancestry of “demning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | demme | (with opp) to dam up, stem (the flow) |
| 2 | Old Norse | demma | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dammijaną | to dam |
| 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 |