Where does “öronbedövande tystnad” come from?
öronbedövande tystnad (Swedish) comes from Swedish tystnad, from Swedish -nad, from Old Norse -naðr, from Old Norse -aðr, from Proto-Norse -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
öronbedövande tystnad (Swedish): deafening silence
Definitions
- deafening silence
Ancestry of “öronbedövande tystnad”, step by step
öronbedövande tystnad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tystnad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tystnad | silence; a moment of silence, a pause, an... |
| 2 | Swedish | -nad | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -naðr | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -aðr | suffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōdaz | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Swedish öronbedövande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | öronbedövande | deafening (very loud) |
| 2 | Swedish | oron |