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
- to believe; to imagine; to hope
Ancestry of “wanian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *wānijan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wēnijaną | to hope, to expect; to believe, to imagine |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “wanian”