Where does “leohtsawend” come from?
leohtsawend (Old English) comes from Old English sawend, from Old English -end, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.
leohtsawend (Old English): a sower of light; one who casts light
Definitions
- a sower of light; one who casts light
Ancestry of “leohtsawend”, step by step
leohtsawend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English sawend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sawend | a sower |
| 2 | Old English | -end | suffix denoting the agent of an action |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 5 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 6 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 8 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |