Where does “wæġnwyrhta” come from?

wæġnwyrhta (Old English) comes from Old English wyrhta, from Proto-West Germanic wurhtijō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

wæġnwyrhta (Old English): wainwright, cartwright

Definitions

  1. wainwright, cartwright

Ancestry of “wæġnwyrhta”, step by step

wæġnwyrhta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wyrhta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwyrhtaa worker; a maker of something
2Proto-West Germanicwurhtijōworker, workman
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

via Old English wæġn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwæġnwagon
2Proto-West Germanicwagncart, wagon
3Proto-Germanicwagnazcart, wagon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵʰnoswagon, primitive carriage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

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