Where does “gelendan” come from?
gelendan (Old English) comes from Old English lendan, from Proto-West Germanic *landijan, from Proto-Germanic landijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
gelendan (Old English): to approach, come, arrive
Definitions
- to approach, come, arrive
Ancestry of “gelendan”, step by step
gelendan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English lendan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | lendan | to arrive, come to land |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *landijan | to arrive |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | landijaną | to land |
| 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 |