Where does “gjø” come from?
gjø (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gjøde, from Old Norse gœða, from Proto-Germanic gōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
gjø (Norwegian Bokmål): to bark
Definitions
- to bark
Ancestry of “gjø”, step by step
gjø traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål gjøde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjøde | to feed with the purpose of having the recipient (often an animal) gain weight |
| 2 | Old Norse | gœða | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gōdijaną | to make good, improve |
| 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 |