Where does “bilarbetare” come from?
bilarbetare (Swedish) comes from Swedish bil, from Danish bil, from Danish automobil, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
bilarbetare (Swedish): car worker, a person working with assembling cars
Definitions
- car worker, a person working with assembling cars
Ancestry of “bilarbetare”, step by step
bilarbetare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bil | a car, an automobile |
| 2 | Danish | bil | car, automobile |
| 3 | Danish | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via Swedish arbetare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | arbetare | a worker; one who does work, often as part of an... |
| 2 | Swedish | arbeta | to work, to be employed to do; to work; to do a... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | arbeida | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | arbeiden | to work |
| 5 | Old Saxon | arvēdian | to offer |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidijaną | to work |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |