Where does “sann” come from?
sann (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Finnish sadan, from Middle Low German sōdān, from Middle Low German sō, from Old Saxon so, from Proto-West Germanic swā, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē — self (reflexive pronoun).
sann (Norwegian Bokmål): true, real, genuine
Definitions
- true, real, genuine
Ancestry of “sann”, step by step
sann traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sadan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sadan | Genitive singular form of sata; First-person... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sōdān | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sō | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | so | so, like that, in that manner |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | swā | so, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |