Where does “kjarrsveifgras” come from?
kjarrsveifgras (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kjarr, from Old Norse kjarr, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.
kjarrsveifgras (Icelandic): wood bluegrass (Poa nemoralis)
Definitions
- wood bluegrass (Poa nemoralis)
Ancestry of “kjarrsveifgras”, step by step
kjarrsveifgras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic kjarr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | kjarr | brushwood, copsewood |
| 2 | Old Norse | kjarr | copsewood, brushwood, thicket |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 4 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 5 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |
via Icelandic sveifgras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sveifgras | poa grass of the genus |
| 2 | Icelandic | svífa | to hover, glide, soar |
| 3 | Old Norse | svífa | to rove, ramble; to swerve, drift |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swībaną | to revolve; move around; sway; stray; to sweep;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swey- | to twist, swing; to hiss; whistle; to swing,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |