Where does “entonighet” come from?
entonighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish entonig, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.
entonighet (Swedish): monotony the quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch
Definitions
- monotony the quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch
Ancestry of “entonighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | entonig | monotonous without variation in pitch |
| 2 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 3 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |