Where does “hemlighetsfullhet” come from?
hemlighetsfullhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish hemlighetsfull, from Swedish hemlighet, from Swedish hemlig, from Old Swedish hemeliker, from Old Norse heimiligr, from Middle Low German heimelik, from Old Saxon *hēmlīk, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk — to be lying down; to settle.
hemlighetsfullhet (Swedish): secretiveness
Definitions
- secretiveness
Ancestry of “hemlighetsfullhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hemlighetsfull | secretive |
| 2 | Swedish | hemlighet | secret |
| 3 | Swedish | hemlig | secret |
| 4 | Old Swedish | hemeliker | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | heimiligr | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | heimelik | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *hēmlīk | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *haimalīk | homely, homey, domestic |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |