Where does “användarnamn” come from?
användarnamn (Swedish) comes from Swedish namn, from Old Swedish nampn, from Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
användarnamn (Swedish): username (a person's identification on an individual computer system)
Definitions
- username (a person's identification on an individual computer system)
Ancestry of “användarnamn”, step by step
användarnamn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish namn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | namn | name |
| 2 | Old Swedish | nampn | A name |
| 3 | Old Norse | nafn | name, title |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
via Swedish användare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | användare | user |
| 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) |