Where does “hemvärnssoldat” come from?
hemvärnssoldat (Swedish) comes from Swedish soldat, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.
hemvärnssoldat (Swedish): Home Guardsman, soldier in a home guard
Definitions
- Home Guardsman, soldier in a home guard
Ancestry of “hemvärnssoldat”, step by step
hemvärnssoldat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | soldat | soldier |
| 2 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 6 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 7 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 8 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 9 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
via Swedish hemvärn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hemvärn | home guard, state defense forces; a back-up... |
| 2 | Swedish | hem | home; to one's home; a home; one's dwelling... |
| 3 | Swedish | tenta | exam, examination; to take an exam |
| 4 | Swedish | tentamen | an examination |
| 5 | Latin | tentamen | an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay |
| 6 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |