Where does “sværmer” come from?
sværmer (Danish) comes from German Schwärmer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
sværmer (Danish): supporter of a spiritualist movement during the Reformation who believed that the break with the Catholic Church was not thorough enough
Definitions
- supporter of a spiritualist movement during the Reformation who believed that the break with the Catholic Church was not thorough enough
Ancestry of “sværmer”, step by step
sværmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schwärmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schwärmer | agent noun of schwärmen; enthusiast, zealot,... |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |