Where does “folklivsforskare” come from?
folklivsforskare (Swedish) comes from Swedish forskare, from Swedish forska, from German forschen, from Middle Low German vorschen, from Middle High German vorschen, from Old High German forscōn, from Proto-West Germanic forskōn, from Proto-West Germanic forsku.
folklivsforskare (Swedish): an ethnologist (especially one working in a Nordic context)
Definitions
- an ethnologist (especially one working in a Nordic context)
Ancestry of “folklivsforskare”, step by step
folklivsforskare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish forskare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | forskare | a researcher |
| 2 | Swedish | forska | research |
| 3 | German | forschen | to research |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vorschen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | vorschen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | forscōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | forskōn | to inquire, question |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | forsku | question, inquiry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | furskō | question |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱ-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
via Swedish folkliv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | folkliv | life of a people (in terms of way of life, customs, beliefs, and the like – especially of ordinary people) |
| 2 | Swedish | liv | life, lifetime, existence; living being,... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | līf | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | líf | life |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lībą | body; life |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lībaną | to remain, to be left |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |