Where does “vindil” come from?
vindil (Swedish) comes from Swedish il, from Swedish ila, from Swedish -a, from Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
vindil (Swedish): a sudden (lighter) breeze, a gust of wind
Definitions
- a sudden (lighter) breeze, a gust of wind
Ancestry of “vindil”, step by step
vindil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish il
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | il | gust; a strong, abrupt rush of wind; hurry |
| 2 | Swedish | ila | to hurry |
| 3 | Swedish | -a | Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -a | Creates denominative verbs from nouns |
| 5 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish vind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vind | bent, twisted, warped; a wind; movement of air;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vinder | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | vindr | wind; awry; second/third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | windaz | wind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |