Where does “lågvattenmärke” come from?
lågvattenmärke (Swedish) comes from Swedish lågvatten, from Swedish låg, from Old Swedish lāgher, from Old Norse lágr, from German lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Old Norse legr — to lie.
lågvattenmärke (Swedish): a low, a low point (something worse than everything before)
Definitions
- a low, a low point (something worse than everything before)
Ancestry of “lågvattenmärke”, step by step
lågvattenmärke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lågvatten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lågvatten | low tide (the tide when the water level is the lowest) |
| 2 | Swedish | låg | low; having a small height; of low moral or... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | lāgher | low |
| 4 | Old Norse | lágr | low; short |
| 5 | German | lager | first-person singular present of lagern; singular... |
| 6 | Middle High German | leger | — |
| 7 | Old High German | legar | — |
| 8 | Old Norse | legr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | legrą | a lying, a place where one lies; camp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |