Where does “eldslukare” come from?
eldslukare (Swedish) comes from Swedish eld, from Old Swedish elder, from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic ailidaz, from Proto-Germanic ailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eydʰ- — to ignite; fire.
eldslukare (Swedish): a fire eater
Definitions
- a fire eater
Ancestry of “eldslukare”, step by step
eldslukare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish eld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | eld | fire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | elder | fire; a skin disease - possibly erysipelas |
| 3 | Old Norse | eldr | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ailidaz | fire, pyre |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ailijaną | to kindle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eydʰ- | to ignite; fire |
via Swedish slukare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | slukare | devourer |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |