Where does “tiūna” come from?
tiūna (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic tiunijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
tiūna (Old Frisian): to claim
Definitions
- to claim
Ancestry of “tiūna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *tiunijan | to injure |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tiunijaną | to torture, torment, vex; to claim, use,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |