Where does “berättarröst” come from?
berättarröst (Swedish) comes from Swedish röst, from German rōst, from Middle High German rōst, from Old High German rōst, from Old French rostir, from Frankish rōstjan, from Proto-Germanic raustijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews-.
berättarröst (Swedish): voice of a narrator, narrator's voice (in a movie, play, or the like, or more generally)
Definitions
- voice of a narrator, narrator's voice (in a movie, play, or the like, or more generally)
Ancestry of “berättarröst”, step by step
berättarröst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish röst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | röst | voice; vote |
| 2 | German | rōst | roofing frame |
| 3 | Middle High German | rōst | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rōst | — |
| 5 | Old French | rostir | to roast; to torture by subjecting to fire |
| 6 | Frankish | rōstjan | to roast |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | raustijaną | to roast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *Hrews- | — |
via Swedish berättare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | berättare | storyteller |
| 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) |