Where does “mjukvara” come from?
mjukvara (Swedish) comes from Swedish vara, from Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware, from Old Saxon wār, from Proto-West Germanic wār, from Proto-Germanic wēraz, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
mjukvara (Swedish): software
Definitions
- software
Ancestry of “mjukvara”, step by step
mjukvara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish vara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vara | To be; existence, being; to last |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vara | To be |
| 3 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 4 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via English software
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | software | Encoded computer instructions, usually... |
| 2 | English | -ware | Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items... |
| 3 | Middle English | ware | Alternative form of veir; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old Norse | vár | spring |
| 5 | Old Norse | vás | toil, fatigue, from bad weather |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | ᚹᚨᛋ | was |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | was | first/third-person singular past active... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wes- | to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night |