Where does “skíðaþjálfari” come from?
skíðaþjálfari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skíði, from Old Norse Skíði, from Old Norse skíð, from Proto-Germanic skīdą, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą, from Proto-Indo-European skÁit- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
skíðaþjálfari (Icelandic): ski coach, skiing coach
Definitions
- ski coach, skiing coach
Ancestry of “skíðaþjálfari”, step by step
skíðaþjálfari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic skíði
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | skíði | ski; baleen |
| 2 | Old Norse | Skíði | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | skíð | stick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skīdą | piece of wood, billet, board |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
via Icelandic þjálfari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | þjálfari | coach, trainer |
| 2 | Icelandic | -arí | er, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |