Where does “månbelysa” come from?

månbelysa (Swedish) comes from Swedish belysa, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

månbelysa (Swedish): to illuminate with moonlight

Definitions

  1. to illuminate with moonlight

Ancestry of “månbelysa”, step by step

månbelysa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish belysa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbelysato illuminate, to shine
2Swedishbeto ask for, request someone else to do something;...
3SwedishbedjaDated form of be
4Portuguesevelhafeminine singular of velho; female equivalent of...
5Portuguesevelhoold; ancient; old; aged; old
6Old Portuguesevelho
7Late Latinveclus
8Latinvetulusold; little old, poor old; old man; little old...
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos
11Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Swedish måne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmånea moon
2Old Swedishmānemoon
3Old Norsemánithe moon
4Proto-Norseᛗᚨᚾᛟthe moon
5Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós