Where does “datorspēle” come from?
datorspēle (Latvian) comes from Latvian dators, from Swedish dator, from Swedish data, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
datorspēle (Latvian): computer game
Definitions
- computer game
Ancestry of “datorspēle”, step by step
datorspēle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian dators
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | dators | computer |
| 2 | Swedish | dator | computer |
| 3 | Swedish | data | information, especially encoded information that... |
| 4 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |