Where does “illeluktende” come from?
illeluktende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ille, from Old Norse ílla, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
illeluktende (Norwegian Bokmål): foul-smelling
Ancestry of “illeluktende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ille | bad; badly; very |
| 2 | Old Norse | ílla | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |