Where does “huvudperson” come from?
huvudperson (Swedish) comes from Swedish Person, from Swedish per, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.
huvudperson (Swedish): the main character
Definitions
- the main character
Ancestry of “huvudperson”, step by step
huvudperson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish Person
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Person | a person, in the plural, in tone people |
| 2 | Swedish | per | For each; for every |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Swedish Huvud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Huvud | head |
| 2 | Old Swedish | hovuþ | head |
| 3 | Old Norse | hǫfuð | head |
| 4 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |