Where does “ögontjänare” come from?
ögontjänare (Swedish) comes from Swedish tjänare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
ögontjänare (Swedish): An eyeservant; someone mostly only concerned with fulfilling the wishes of others insofar as they think it will be noticed
Definitions
- An eyeservant; someone mostly only concerned with fulfilling the wishes of others insofar as they think it will be noticed
Ancestry of “ögontjänare”, step by step
ögontjänare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tjänare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tjänare | An informal greeting; hi, hello; servant |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Swedish ögon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ögon |