Where does “wanian” come from?

wanian (Old Saxon) comes 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.

wanian (Old Saxon): to believe; to imagine; to hope

Definitions

  1. to believe; to imagine; to hope

Ancestry of “wanian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*wānijan—
2Proto-Germanicwēnijanąto hope, to expect; to believe, to imagine
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “wanian”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →