Where does “birollsinnehavare” come from?

birollsinnehavare (Swedish) comes from Swedish innehavare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

birollsinnehavare (Swedish): supporting actor (or actress)

Definitions

  1. supporting actor (or actress)

Ancestry of “birollsinnehavare”, step by step

birollsinnehavare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish innehavare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishinnehavarean owner, a holder, a keeper
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Swedish biroll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbirollsupporting role role played by a supporting actor
2Swedishrollrole; roll
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Swedish -are