Where does “källarplan” come from?
källarplan (Swedish) comes from Swedish källare, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
källarplan (Swedish): basement level; the floor, or one of the floors, beneath street level
Definitions
- basement level; the floor, or one of the floors, beneath street level
Ancestry of “källarplan”, step by step
källarplan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish källare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | källare | basement; cellar |
| 2 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Swedish plån
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | plån | a tablet; a striking surface on a matchbox |