Where does “morgonstund” come from?
morgonstund (Swedish) comes from Swedish stund, from Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
morgonstund (Swedish): a morning moment (moment of time in the morning), (sometimes, idiomatically) morning
Definitions
- a morning moment (moment of time in the morning), (sometimes, idiomatically) morning
Ancestry of “morgonstund”, step by step
morgonstund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stund | while; moment, time |
| 2 | Old Norse | stund | time; hour; an undetermined amount of time |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Swedish morgon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | morgon | a morning; the early hours of the day |
| 2 | Old Swedish | morghon | morning |
| 3 | Old Norse | [[morgunn]], [[morginn]] | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *murginaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | merkʷ- | dark; to blink, twinkle; to flicker, twinkle,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |