Where does “godnattsaga” come from?
godnattsaga (Swedish) comes from Swedish godnatt, from Swedish nätt, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-.
godnattsaga (Swedish): a bedtime story
Definitions
- a bedtime story
Ancestry of “godnattsaga”, step by step
godnattsaga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish godnatt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | godnatt | good night |
| 2 | Swedish | nätt | pretty |
| 3 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 5 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 6 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 9 | Cebuano | -hi | — |