Where does “sceawendwise” come from?
sceawendwise (Old English) comes from Old English sċēawiend, 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.
sceawendwise (Old English): jesting song, song of a jester
Definitions
- jesting song, song of a jester
Ancestry of “sceawendwise”, step by step
sceawendwise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English sċēawiend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sċēawiend | a spectator, observer |
| 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 |