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Where does “flaihijan” come from?

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

flaihijan (Proto-West Germanic): to be sly, be sneaky; to coax, flatter

Definitions

  1. to be sly, be sneaky; to coax, flatter

Ancestry of “flaihijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “flaihijan”

  • vleien
  • vleierij
  • vleier
  • vleien
  • fleien
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