Where does “ruggustóll” come from?
ruggustóll (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stóll, from Old Norse stóll, from Ancient Greek στόλος, from Ancient Greek στέλλω, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
ruggustóll (Icelandic): rocking chair
Definitions
- rocking chair
Ancestry of “ruggustóll”, step by step
ruggustóll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic stóll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | stóll | chair |
| 2 | Old Norse | stóll | a stool, chair, throne; bishop's residence, see;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στόλος | expedition; army, fleet, troop |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στέλλω | I make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Icelandic rugga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | rugga | to rock, to sway; rocking cradle |
| 2 | Old Norse | rugga | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rukkōną | to move, move back and forth, rock |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hruknéh₂- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rewk- | to dig; to till |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃er- | to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,... |