Where does “wurhtijō” come from?

wurhtijō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

wurhtijō (Proto-West Germanic): worker, workman

Definitions

  1. worker, workman

Ancestry of “wurhtijō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
2Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
4Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “wurhtijō”

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