Where does “geæhtle” come from?
geæhtle (Old English) comes from Old English eahtian, from Proto-West Germanic ahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
geæhtle (Old English): respect, esteem
Ancestry of “geæhtle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | eahtian | to deliberate, hold council, consult; to discuss,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | ahtōn | to estimate; to consider, to deliberate |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |