Where does “giwund” come from?
giwund (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon wund, from Proto-Germanic wundaz, from Proto-Germanic wundōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
giwund (Old Saxon): wounded
Definitions
- wounded
Ancestry of “giwund”, step by step
giwund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Saxon wund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | wund | wounded |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wundaz | wounded |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wundōną | to wound |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |