Where does “samúðarkveðja” come from?
samúðarkveðja (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic samúð, from Icelandic samur, from Old Norse samr, from Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρίτης, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της, from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם.
samúðarkveðja (Icelandic): condolences comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of someone who has died
Definitions
- condolences comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of someone who has died
Ancestry of “samúðarkveðja”, step by step
samúðarkveðja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic samúð
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | samúð | sympathy |
| 2 | Icelandic | samur | same |
| 3 | Old Norse | samr | the same; agreeing, of one mind; same |
| 4 | Latin | Samarītānus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σαμαρίτης | Samaritan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῑ́της | belonging to; member of; member of a group |
| 7 | Biblical Hebrew | אֶפְרָיִם | — |
via Icelandic kveðja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | kveðja | greeting; to say goodbye, to take one's leave; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kwadjaną | to greet |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |