Where does “kronjuvel” come from?
kronjuvel (Swedish) comes from Swedish kröna, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
kronjuvel (Swedish): a crown jewel (piece of jewelry)
Definitions
- a crown jewel (piece of jewelry)
Ancestry of “kronjuvel”, step by step
kronjuvel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kröna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kröna | to crown; to place a crown on the head of; to... |
| 2 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 3 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Swedish juvel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | juvel | a jewel, a gem (cut gemstone) |
| 2 | German | Juwel | gem, jewel; jewel, piece of jewellery; anything... |
| 3 | English | Jewel | from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century |
| 4 | Middle English | juel | Something of great monetary worth or value,... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | juel | — |
| 6 | Old French | jouel | jewel; treasure; an object or person of beauty |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | jocale | graceful object |
| 8 | Latin | iocus | a joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | jokos | word, saying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yokos | word, utterance |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |