Where does “*halsijan” come from?

*halsijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic halsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

*halsijan (Proto-West Germanic): to embrace

Definitions

  1. to embrace

Ancestry of “*halsijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichalsijanąto embrace
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “*halsijan”

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