Where does “bygdemål” come from?
bygdemål (Swedish) comes from Swedish mål, from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
bygdemål (Swedish): a dialect
Ancestry of “bygdemål”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mål | language; dialect; juridical case; target; what... |
| 2 | Swedish | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 3 | Swedish | -og | — |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -ogher | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | -igr | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “bygdemål”