Where does “dytta” come from?

dytta (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic duttijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

dytta (Old Norse): to block, close off

Definitions

  1. to block, close off

Ancestry of “dytta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicduttijanąto stop up, to block, to close; to meddle
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she
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