Where does “fa” come from?
fa (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse fá, from Proto-Norse ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ, from Proto-Germanic faihijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “fa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | fá | to get; to draw, paint; positive degree strong... |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ | I drew, I painted |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | faihijaną | to color, paint |
| 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 |