Where does “härskarinna” come from?
härskarinna (Swedish) comes from Swedish härskare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
härskarinna (Swedish): ruleress
Definitions
- ruleress
Ancestry of “härskarinna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | härskare | ruler, someone who rules or governs |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |