Where does “blåbärsris” come from?
blåbärsris (Swedish) comes from Swedish blåbär, from Swedish blå, from Swedish trä, from Old Norse tré, from Proto-Germanic trewą, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ, from Proto-Hellenic dóru — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.
blåbärsris (Swedish): a blueberry (bilberry) bush, a blueberry shrub
Definitions
- a blueberry (bilberry) bush, a blueberry shrub
Ancestry of “blåbärsris”, step by step
blåbärsris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish blåbär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | blåbär | blueberry; the berry or the plant; an... |
| 2 | Swedish | blå | blue; of or pertaining to conservatives or... |
| 3 | Swedish | trä | wood; a tree; Short for slagträ |
| 4 | Old Norse | tré | tree; the mast of a ship; ree, rafter, beam |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trewą | tree |
| 6 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |
via Swedish ris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ris | small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 4 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 5 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 6 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |