Where does “stjørnuspeki” come from?
stjørnuspeki (Faroese) comes from Faroese stjørna, from English star, from Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra, from Proto-West Germanic sterrō, from Proto-Germanic sternô, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
stjørnuspeki (Faroese): astrology
Definitions
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Ancestry of “stjørnuspeki”, step by step
stjørnuspeki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Faroese stjørna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroese | stjørna | star; star, celebrity |
| 2 | English | star | Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless... |
| 3 | Middle English | sterre | star |
| 4 | Old English | steorra | star |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sterrō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sternô | star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |
via Faroese speki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroese | speki | wisdom, expertise |
| 2 | Old Norse | speki | wisdom, expertise |
| 3 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |