Where does “fjallatimotey” come from?
fjallatimotey (Faroese) comes from Faroese timotey, from English Timothy, from Middle French Timothée, from Latin Timotheus, from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
fjallatimotey (Faroese): mountain timothy
Definitions
- mountain timothy
Ancestry of “fjallatimotey”, step by step
fjallatimotey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Faroese timotey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroese | timotey | timothy |
| 2 | English | Timothy | Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy |
| 3 | Middle French | Timothée | — |
| 4 | Latin | Timotheus | Timothy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Τιμόθεος | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |