Where does “hasardspel” come from?
hasardspel (Swedish) comes from Swedish hasard, from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه — to see; to look.
hasardspel (Swedish): a game of chance (for example lottery, roulette, and dice games)
Definitions
- a game of chance (for example lottery, roulette, and dice games)
Ancestry of “hasardspel”, step by step
hasardspel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hasard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hasard | a game of chance (for example lottery, roulette, and dice games) |
| 2 | French | hasard | chance; a coincidence; hazard |
| 3 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 4 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 5 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 6 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 7 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 8 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 9 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
via Swedish spel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spel | a play, a game; a person's or animal's happy,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | spill | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spille | — |
| 4 | German | spinnila | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spinnilu | spindle |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | spinnan | to spin |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | spinnaną | to spin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénh₁-ne- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)penh₁- | to twist; to weave |