Where does “øydeleggja” come from?
øydeleggja (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Danish ødelægge, from Danish øde, from Old Norse eyða, from Proto-Germanic auþijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
øydeleggja (Norwegian Nynorsk): to destroy
Definitions
- to destroy
Ancestry of “øydeleggja”, step by step
øydeleggja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish ødelægge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ødelægge | to destroy; to ruin |
| 2 | Danish | øde | desolate, deserted; waste, wilderness; to waste |
| 3 | Old Norse | eyða | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | auþijaną | to make empty; to desolate |
| 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 ødelegge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ødelegge | to destroy; to ruin |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | øde | deserted, desolate |
| 3 | German | öde | empty, bare, bleak, desolate, deserted; tedious,... |
| 4 | Old High German | ōdi | empty, deserted; empty, abandoned, easy,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | auþī | easy; empty, barren |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | auþuz | easy; light |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂éwtus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |