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
Ancestry of “wurhtijō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 4 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “wurhtijō”