Where does “ådrighet” come from?
ådrighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish ådrig, from Swedish ådra, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa — self (reflexive pronoun).
ådrighet (Swedish): veininess
Definitions
- veininess
Ancestry of “ådrighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ådrig | veiny |
| 2 | Swedish | ådra | vein, blood vessel; vein in a leaf; vein, strain... |
| 3 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 4 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 7 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |