Where does “langavi” come from?
langavi (Faroese) comes from Scots -lang, from English lang, from English language, from Middle English langage, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin linguaticum, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
langavi (Faroese): great-grandfather
Definitions
- great-grandfather
Ancestry of “langavi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | -lang | — |
| 2 | English | lang | Abbreviation of language; long |
| 3 | English | language | A body of words, and set of methods of combining... |
| 4 | Middle English | langage | language, tongue, speech; dialect, idiom, local... |
| 5 | Old French | language | language (style of communicating) |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | linguaticum | language |
| 7 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 8 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |