Where does “demfati” come from?
demfati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German dämpfen, from Middle High German dempfen, from Old High German dempfen, from Proto-Germanic dampijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
demfati (Serbo-Croatian): to muffle, to damp
Ancestry of “demfati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | dämpfen | to damp |
| 2 | Middle High German | dempfen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dempfen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dampijaną | to dampen |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |