Where does “julöl” come from?
julöl (Swedish) comes from Swedish jul, from Swedish juli, from Latin Iūlius, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
julöl (Swedish): dark, sweet beer drunk around Christmas time
Definitions
- dark, sweet beer drunk around Christmas time
Ancestry of “julöl”, step by step
julöl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish jul
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | jul | Christmas; July; Abbreviation of juli |
| 2 | Swedish | juli | July |
| 3 | Latin | Iūlius | Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family |
| 4 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Swedish öl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | öl | a beer; a feast |
| 2 | Old Swedish | öl | strap, leather strap |
| 3 | Old Norse | ǫl | ale; beer |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᛚᚢ | A runic charm word, sometimes glossed as ale |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | aluh | amulet |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *Hr̥jifyáh | eagle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hr̥ȷ́ipyás | straight-flying |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂rǵ-i-pt-ió-s | — |