Where does “folkskygg” come from?
folkskygg (Swedish) comes from Swedish skygg, from Swedish sky, from French jus, from Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
folkskygg (Swedish): shy, agoraphobic, afraid of people
Definitions
- shy, agoraphobic, afraid of people
Ancestry of “folkskygg”, step by step
folkskygg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skygg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skygg | shy |
| 2 | Swedish | sky | heaven; sky; cloud |
| 3 | French | jus | juice; coffee; electricity, energy, power, juice |
| 4 | Middle French | jus | juice; down, downwards |
| 5 | Old French | jus | juice; down |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |