Where does “spellemann” come from?
spellemann (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Dutch spelle, from Latin spīnula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
spellemann (Norwegian Bokmål): a fiddler, folk musician
Definitions
- a fiddler, folk musician
Ancestry of “spellemann”, step by step
spellemann traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch spelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spelle | |
| 2 | Latin | spīnula | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |