Where does “arbetsskygg” come from?
arbetsskygg (Swedish) comes from Swedish skygg, from Swedish sky, from French jus, from Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
arbetsskygg (Swedish): work-shy; reluctant to get a job
Definitions
- work-shy; reluctant to get a job
Ancestry of “arbetsskygg”, step by step
arbetsskygg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skygg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skygg | shy |
| 2 | Swedish | sky | heaven; sky; cloud |
| 3 | French | jus | juice; coffee; electricity, energy, power, juice |
| 4 | Middle French | jus | juice; down, downwards |
| 5 | Old French | jus | juice; down |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish arbete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | arbete | work, job; work; effort expended on a particular... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | arbeide | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | arbet | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | arvēd | labour |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |