Where does “tímaflakkari” come from?
tímaflakkari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tími, from Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic tīmô, from Proto-Indo-European tī-, from Proto-Indo-European dī-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂-i- — to divide, cut.
tímaflakkari (Icelandic): time traveler
Definitions
- time traveler
Ancestry of “tímaflakkari”, step by step
tímaflakkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic tími
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | tími | time; hour; lesson, class period |
| 2 | Old Norse | tími | time |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tīmô | time |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tī- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dī- | time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂-i- | to divide, cut |
via Icelandic flakkari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | flakkari | wanderer, vagrant |
| 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) |