Where does “lysa med sin frånvaro” come from?
lysa med sin frånvaro (Swedish) comes from Swedish sin, from Old Swedish sīn, from Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic sinn, from Proto-Germanic sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European sentnós, from Proto-Indo-European sent- — to be.
lysa med sin frånvaro (Swedish): to be conspicuous by one's absence
Definitions
- to be conspicuous by one's absence
Ancestry of “lysa med sin frånvaro”, step by step
lysa med sin frånvaro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sin | Dryness, the state of having run dry |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sīn | Reflexive possessive third person determiner. his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own) |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sîn | of his |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *sinn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via Swedish lysa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lysa | to shine, shed light, beam; to call out and make... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lysa | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | lýsa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | liuhsijaną | to light, to shine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | leuhsaz | light, bright |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk-so- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Swedish med
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | med | also, as well, too; with, together with, in the... |
| 2 | Old English | mæþ | measure, degree, proportion; measure or extent of... |
| 3 | Old Norse | með | with, along with |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |