Where does “fysiologi” come from?
fysiologi (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
fysiologi (Norwegian Nynorsk): physiology
Ancestry of “fysiologi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |