Where does “dyttan” come from?

dyttan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic duttijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

dyttan (Old English): to stop up, clot; to stop up, close

Definitions

  1. to stop up, clot; to stop up, close

Ancestry of “dyttan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicduttijanąto stop up, to block, to close; to meddle
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “dyttan”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →