Where does “likvaka” come from?

likvaka (Swedish) comes from Swedish vaka, from Swedish -sam, from Old Norse -samr, from Old Norse samr, from Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρίτης, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της, from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם.

likvaka (Swedish): a wake (over the body of a dead person)

Definitions

  1. a wake (over the body of a dead person)

Ancestry of “likvaka”, step by step

likvaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vaka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvakato wake; to keep watch, "such as" over a corpse;...
2Swedish-sam-some; creating adjectives, mostly out of nouns
3Old Norse-samr-some
4Old Norsesamrthe same; agreeing, of one mind; same
5LatinSamarītānus
6Ancient GreekΣαμαρίτηςSamaritan
7Ancient Greek-ῑ́τηςbelonging to; member of; member of a group
8Biblical Hebrewאֶפְרָיִם

via Swedish lik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishliklike, similar to; like; corpse
2Old Swedishlīkshape, semblance, appearance
3Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
4Middle Low Germanlīk
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִםEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῑ́τηςEvery word from Swedish -sam