Where does “گیزر” come from?
گیزر (Urdu) comes from English geyser, from Icelandic Geysir, from Icelandic geysa, from Old Norse geysa, from Proto-Germanic gausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
گیزر (Urdu): boiler; geyser; hot water heater
Definitions
- boiler; geyser; hot water heater
Ancestry of “گیزر”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geyser | A boiling natural spring which throws forth at... |
| 2 | Icelandic | Geysir | Gusher |
| 3 | Icelandic | geysa | to gush; to rush |
| 4 | Old Norse | geysa | to gush |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gausijaną | to make erupt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |