Where does “hovedsag” come from?
hovedsag (Danish) comes from Danish hoved, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Old Norse -i, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
hovedsag (Danish): main thing
Definitions
- main thing
Ancestry of “hovedsag”, step by step
hovedsag traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish hoved
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hoved | head; mind; person |
| 2 | Old Norse | hǫfuð | head |
| 3 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Danish sag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sag | matter, affair; cause; thing |
| 2 | Old Danish | sak | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | sǫk | legal case, action; fault |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sakō | quarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |
via German Hauptsache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hauptsache | main thing, most important thing; main issue |
| 2 | Middle High German | houbetsache | — |