Where does “glädjedödare” come from?
glädjedödare (Swedish) comes from Swedish dödare, from Swedish döda, from Old Norse deyða, from Proto-Germanic daudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
glädjedödare (Swedish): a killjoy
Definitions
- a killjoy
Ancestry of “glädjedödare”, step by step
glädjedödare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish dödare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dödare | a killer |
| 2 | Swedish | döda | to kill |
| 3 | Old Norse | deyða | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |