Where does “jobb” come from?
jobb (Swedish) comes from English Job, from Latin Iob, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
jobb (Swedish): job; a task; job; economic role for which a...
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- job; a task; job; economic role for which a...
Ancestry of “jobb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Job | A person who shows remarkable patience |
| 2 | Latin | Iob | — |
| 3 | Latin | iuppiter | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
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