Where does “ee-happen'd” come from?
ee-happen'd (Yola) comes from Middle English happenen, from Middle English happen, from Old English hæppan, from Old Norse happa, from Proto-Germanic hampijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
ee-happen'd (Yola): happened
Definitions
- happened
Ancestry of “ee-happen'd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | happenen | to happen |
| 2 | Middle English | happen | to come to pass, happen; fortunate, happy |
| 3 | Old English | hæppan | to move accidentally, slip |
| 4 | Old Norse | happa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hampijaną | to fit in, be fitting; to occur, happen |
| 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 |