Where does “*kwaddjan” come from?

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

*kwaddjan (Proto-West Germanic): to greet

Definitions

  1. to greet

Ancestry of “*kwaddjan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*kwaddjan”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →