Where does “fotbollsturnering” come from?
fotbollsturnering (Swedish) comes from Swedish turnering, from Swedish turnera, from French tourner, from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
fotbollsturnering (Swedish): soccer tournament, football tournament
Definitions
- soccer tournament, football tournament
Ancestry of “fotbollsturnering”, step by step
fotbollsturnering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish turnering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | turnering | a tournament |
| 2 | Swedish | turnera | to tour |
| 3 | French | tourner | to turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour |
| 4 | Middle French | tourner | to turn; to return; to turn into; to change into |
| 5 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 6 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 7 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Swedish fotboll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fotboll | soccer US, football UK; a team sport |
| 2 | Swedish | fot | a foot; the body part touching the ground while... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fōter | foot |
| 4 | Old Norse | fótr | a foot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |