Where does “sea mile” come from?
sea mile (English) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sjømil, from Danish sømil, from Danish sø, from Old Norse sýr, from Proto-Germanic sūz, from Proto-Indo-European suH-, from Proto-Indo-European sewH-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
sea mile (English): a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters
Definitions
- a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters
Ancestry of “sea mile”, step by step
sea mile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sjømil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sjømil | a nautical mile |
| 2 | Danish | sømil | nautical mile, now exactly 1852 m but previously about four times as much, 1/15 of an equatorial degree |
| 3 | Danish | sø | lake; sea |
| 4 | Old Norse | sýr | sow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sūz | sow; pig, swine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |
via Swedish sjömil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sjömil | nautical mile, now exactly 1,852 meters but previously roughly four times as much, 4 minutes of arc or |