Where does “hentesveis” come from?
hentesveis (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sveis, from Norwegian Bokmål sveise, from German schweißen, from Middle High German sweizen, from Old High German sweizen, from Proto-Germanic swaitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
hentesveis (Norwegian Bokmål): a combover
Ancestry of “hentesveis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sveis | weld; hairstyle; imperative of sveise |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | sveise | to weld |
| 3 | German | schweißen | to weld; to sweat; to bleed |
| 4 | Middle High German | sweizen | to sweat, bleed |
| 5 | Old High German | sweizen | to roast |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swaitijaną | to sweat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |