Where does “ässänväärä” come from?
ässänväärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ässä, from Swedish ass, from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.
ässänväärä (Finnish): A more or less elaborated S-shaped decorative...
Definitions
- A more or less elaborated S-shaped decorative...
Ancestry of “ässänväärä”, step by step
ässänväärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ässä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ässä | ess; ace |
| 2 | Swedish | ass | A-flat; an insured letter; Abbreviation of... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | es | — |
| 4 | Old French | as | a score of one on a die; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *as | — |
| 6 | Latin | habes | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 7 | Arabic | حَبَش | Abyssinian; Abysinnian |
via Finnish väärä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 4 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |