Where does “nätverka” come from?
nätverka (Swedish) comes from Swedish nätverk, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus.
nätverka (Swedish): to network
Definitions
- to network
Ancestry of “nätverka”, step by step
nätverka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish nätverk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | nätverk | a network |
| 2 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 3 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 4 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 6 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 8 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 9 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 12 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |