Where does “Svartån” come from?
Svartån (Swedish) comes from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē — self (reflexive pronoun).
Svartån (Swedish): the name of several streams or smaller rivers in different places in Sweden and Finland
Definitions
- the name of several streams or smaller rivers in different places in Sweden and Finland
Ancestry of “Svartån”, step by step
Svartån traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish å
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 2 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 5 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |