Where does “bokstavstrohet” come from?
bokstavstrohet (Swedish) comes from Swedish trohet, from Swedish -het, from Old Swedish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
bokstavstrohet (Swedish): literality, literalness
Definitions
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Ancestry of “bokstavstrohet”, step by step
bokstavstrohet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish trohet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | trohet | fidelity, loyalty |
| 2 | Swedish | -het | Productive suffix giving an adjective a nounal... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -het | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
via Swedish bokstav
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bokstav | letter of the alphabet |
| 2 | Old Swedish | bōkstaver | a letter of the alphabet |
| 3 | Old Norse | bókstafr | a letter of the alphabet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bōkastabaz | a staff made of beechwood; letter of the alphabet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |