Where does “væna” come from?
væna (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse væna, from Proto-Germanic wēnijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
væna (Old Swedish): to believe, assume; to suspect
Definitions
- to believe, assume; to suspect
Ancestry of “væna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | væna | to give someone hope of something; to ween,... |
| 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 |