Where does “dængia” come from?
dængia (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse dengja, from Proto-Germanic dangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
dængia (Old Swedish): to beat, to strike
Ancestry of “dængia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | dengja | to beat, to hammer; to sharpen by hammering |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | dangijaną | to beat, hit |
| 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 |