Where does “sundþjálfari” come from?
sundþjálfari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sund, from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
sundþjálfari (Icelandic): swimming coach
Definitions
- swimming coach
Ancestry of “sundþjálfari”, step by step
sundþjálfari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic sund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sund | swimming, the act of swimming; channel, strait,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |
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) |