Where does “fægan” come from?
fægan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic faihijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
fægan (Old English): to paint
Ancestry of “fægan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | faihijaną | to color, paint |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 5 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |