Where does “þágufallssýki” come from?
þágufallssýki (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þágufall, from Icelandic fall, from Old Norse fall, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl-, from Slovincian pól, from Proto-Slavic polъ — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
þágufallssýki (Icelandic): the act of erroneously using the dative case in place of another grammatical case, usually the accusative case
Definitions
- the act of erroneously using the dative case in place of another grammatical case, usually the accusative case
Ancestry of “þágufallssýki”, step by step
þágufallssýki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic þágufall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | þágufall | the dative case |
| 2 | Icelandic | fall | fall, drop; case; function |
| 3 | Old Norse | fall | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 7 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |