Where does “smeygja” come from?
smeygja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic smaugijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
smeygja (Old Norse): to slip
Definitions
- to slip
Ancestry of “smeygja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | smaugijaną | to make slip, cause to get down |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 5 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |