Where does “anawani” come from?
anawani (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon wanian, from Proto-Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic wēnijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
anawani (Old Saxon): suspicious
Definitions
- suspicious
Ancestry of “anawani”, step by step
anawani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Saxon wanian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | wanian | to believe; to imagine; to hope |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *wānijan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wēnijaną | to hope, to expect; to believe, to imagine |
| 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 |