Where does “åtskilja” come from?
åtskilja (Swedish) comes from Swedish åt, from Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic at, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
åtskilja (Swedish): to separate, to part
Definitions
- to separate, to part
Ancestry of “åtskilja”, step by step
åtskilja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish åt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åt | for; to, towards, in a certain direction |
| 2 | Old Norse | át | the act of eating; food; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | at | at, toward, to |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via Swedish skilja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skilja | to separate; to cause to be separate; to... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | skilia | to divide, to separate; to discern, to... |
| 3 | Old Norse | skilja | to part, divide, separate; to break off, break... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |