Where does “kommunalråd” come from?
kommunalråd (Swedish) comes from Swedish kommunal, from Swedish kommun, from French commune, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kommunalråd (Swedish): a municipal commissioner
Definitions
- a municipal commissioner
Ancestry of “kommunalråd”, step by step
kommunalråd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kommunal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kommunal | relating to a municipality |
| 2 | Swedish | kommun | municipality, city, commune; a local political... |
| 3 | French | commune | commune; feminine singular of commun |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | communia | nominative neuter plural of commūnis; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish råd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 2 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 3 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 4 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 5 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |