Where does “isbre” come from?
isbre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bre, from Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic braidijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
isbre (Norwegian Bokmål): a glacier
Ancestry of “isbre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bre | a glacier; to spread |
| 2 | Old Norse | breiða | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | braidijaną | to broaden, make broad, extend |
| 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 |