Where does “bespetsa” come from?
bespetsa (Swedish) comes from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bespetsa (Swedish): to expectantly get ready (for something (pleasant)); to look forward to, to expect, to get ready for, to ready oneself for, etc
Definitions
- to expectantly get ready (for something (pleasant)); to look forward to, to expect, to get ready for, to ready oneself for, etc
Ancestry of “bespetsa”, step by step
bespetsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 2 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 3 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 7 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Swedish spetsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spetsa | to impale, to spike (penetrate with something sharp) |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |