Where does “knyta upp” come from?
knyta upp (Swedish) comes from Swedish knyta, from Old Swedish knyta, from Old Norse knýta, from Proto-Germanic knuttijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
knyta upp (Swedish): to untie
Definitions
- to untie
Ancestry of “knyta upp”, step by step
knyta upp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish knyta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | knyta | to tie; to go to sleep |
| 2 | Old Swedish | knyta | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | knýta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knuttijaną | to bind into a knot; to tie with a knot |
| 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 |