Where does “verbbøying” come from?
verbbøying (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bøying, from Norwegian Bokmål bøye, from Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic baugijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
verbbøying (Norwegian Bokmål): conjugation of verbs
Definitions
- conjugation of verbs
Ancestry of “verbbøying”, step by step
verbbøying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bøying
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bøying | alternative form of bøyning |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | bøye | a buoy; a gust of wind; a shower |
| 3 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål verb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | verb | verb |
| 2 | Latin | verbum | word; proverb, saying; verb |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |