Where does “utbre” come from?
utbre (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.
utbre (Norwegian Bokmål): to spread; to disseminate
Definitions
- to spread; to disseminate
Ancestry of “utbre”, step by step
utbre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bre
| 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 |