Where does “kruserlighet” come from?
kruserlighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish -het, from Old Swedish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
kruserlighet (Swedish): ceremoniousness, deferentiality
Definitions
- ceremoniousness, deferentiality
Ancestry of “kruserlighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | -het | Productive suffix giving an adjective a nounal... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | -het | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |