Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “lokalhistoriker” come from?

lokalhistoriker (Danish) comes from Swedish historiker, from Swedish er, from Swedish eder, from Latin edar, from Latin edo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

lokalhistoriker (Danish): historian occupying themself with local history

Definitions

  1. historian occupying themself with local history

Ancestry of “lokalhistoriker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhistorikeran historian; person who studies or specializes...
2Swedisheryou; your, yours; reflexive of ni; compare...
3Swedishederyou, your, yours; the standard Swedish "er" is a...
4Latinedarfirst-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinedoI eat; I give out, put or bring forth; eject,...
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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