Where does “brenna” come from?
brenna (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic brannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
brenna (Norwegian Nynorsk): burn
Ancestry of “brenna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |