Where does “övervakningskamera” come from?
övervakningskamera (Swedish) comes from Swedish övervakning, from Swedish övervaka, from Swedish över-, from Old Swedish yver, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér.
övervakningskamera (Swedish): a surveillance camera
Definitions
- a surveillance camera
Ancestry of “övervakningskamera”, step by step
övervakningskamera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish övervakning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | övervakning | surveillance, monitoring |
| 2 | Swedish | övervaka | to surveil, to monitor |
| 3 | Swedish | över- | over-; above, or higher; over-; superior; over-;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | yver | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Swedish kamera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kamera | camera |
| 2 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 3 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |