Where does “överdängare” come from?
överdängare (Swedish) comes from Swedish dängare, from Swedish dänga, from Old Swedish dængia, from Old Norse dengja, from Proto-Germanic dangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
överdängare (Swedish): a demon, an ace (someone very skilled (at something))
Definitions
- a demon, an ace (someone very skilled (at something))
Ancestry of “överdängare”, step by step
överdängare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish dängare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dängare | a musical composition considered great; a banger |
| 2 | Swedish | dänga | wallop, hit, slap |
| 3 | Old Swedish | dængia | to beat, to strike |
| 4 | Old Norse | dengja | to beat, to hammer; to sharpen by hammering |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dangijaną | to beat, hit |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish över
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | över | above; more than; over the goal; above |
| 2 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |