Where does “hviledag” come from?
hviledag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish hvile, from Old Danish hwilæ, from Old Norse hvíla, from Proto-Germanic hwīlāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
hviledag (Norwegian Bokmål): a rest day, day of rest; the sabbath
Definitions
- a rest day, day of rest; the sabbath
Ancestry of “hviledag”, step by step
hviledag traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish hvile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hvile | rest, repose; rest; lie |
| 2 | Old Danish | hwilæ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | hvíla | bed; to rest; to lie, rest, sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwīlāną | to rest, to pause, to take a break |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Danish dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | dag | day |
| 2 | Old Danish | dagh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | dagr | a day; days, times |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via Norwegian Bokmål dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dag | a day; the period of time between sunrise and... |