Where does “rent” come from?
rent (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk renna, from Old Norse renna, from Proto-Germanic rannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
rent (Norwegian Nynorsk): past participle of renna
Ancestry of “rent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | renna | to run , flow; to cause to run, flow; to run |
| 2 | Old Norse | renna | Alternative form of rinna; to cause to flow; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rannijaną | to cause to run; to cause to flow |
| 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 |