Where does “låtsasjobba” come from?
låtsasjobba (Swedish) comes from Swedish jobba, from Swedish jobb, from English Job, from Latin Iob, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
låtsasjobba (Swedish): to pretend to be working
Definitions
- to pretend to be working
Ancestry of “låtsasjobba”, step by step
låtsasjobba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish jobba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | jobba | to work; to work; to be employed to do something |
| 2 | Swedish | jobb | job; a task; job; economic role for which a... |
| 3 | English | Job | A person who shows remarkable patience |
| 4 | Latin | Iob | Job |
| 5 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Swedish låtsas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | låtsas | to pretend |
| 2 | Swedish | lats | lats, currency of Latvia |
| 3 | Latvian | lats | lats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014 |
| 4 | Latvian | Latvija | Latvia |
| 5 | Latvian | latvis | a Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian... |
| 6 | Latvian | latuvis | — |
| 7 | Latvian | Latuva | — |