Where does “sailijan” come from?

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

sailijan (Proto-West Germanic): to bind (with rope)

Definitions

  1. to bind (with rope)

Ancestry of “sailijan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sailijan”

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