Where does “julkrubba” come from?
julkrubba (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.
julkrubba (Swedish): a nativity scene, a crib, a crèche
Definitions
- a nativity scene, a crib, a crèche
Ancestry of “julkrubba”, step by step
julkrubba 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 krubba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | krubba | a manger, a crib, a feeding trough for animals;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | krubba | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | krubba | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kribjǭ | a wickerwork; crate; wooden trough; manger; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | grebʰ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |