Where does “sveise” come from?
sveise (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German schweißen, from Middle High German sweizen, from Old High German sweizen, from Proto-Germanic swaitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
sveise (Norwegian Bokmål): to weld
Ancestry of “sveise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | schweißen | to weld; to sweat; to bleed |
| 2 | Middle High German | sweizen | to sweat, bleed |
| 3 | Old High German | sweizen | to roast |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swaitijaną | to sweat |
| 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 |
Words derived from “sveise”