Where does “swampprivet” come from?
swampprivet (English) comes from English privet, from Russian приве́т, from Old East Slavic привѣтъ, from Old Church Slavonic привѣтъ, from Proto-Slavic privětъ — hello.
swampprivet (English): Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oleaceae
Definitions
- Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oleaceae
Ancestry of “swampprivet”, step by step
swampprivet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English privet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | privet | Any of various shrubs and small trees in the... |
| 2 | Russian | приве́т | hello, hi |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | привѣтъ | greeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will;... |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | привѣтъ | intention |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | privětъ | hello |
via English swamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swamp | A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated... |
| 2 | Middle English | swam | swamp, muddy pool, bog, marsh", also "fungus,... |
| 3 | Old English | swamm | mushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *swammaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swombh- | sponge, tree-fungus, swamp |