Where does “nationaldag” come from?
nationaldag (Swedish) comes from Danish national, from New Latin nationalis, from Latin natio, from Latin natus, from Latin nasci, from Latin nascor, from Latin gnascor, from Proto-Italic gnāskōr — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nationaldag (Swedish): national day
Definitions
- national day
Ancestry of “nationaldag”, step by step
nationaldag traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish national
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | national | national, having to do with a particular country... |
| 2 | New Latin | nationalis | national |
| 3 | Latin | natio | birth; nation, country, people; race, class |
| 4 | Latin | natus | born, arisen, made; son, birth, age, years;... |
| 5 | Latin | nasci | present active infinitive of nāscor; to be born,... |
| 6 | Latin | nascor | I am born, begotten; I arise, proceed; I grow,... |
| 7 | Latin | gnascor | Alternative form of nāscor; be born |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnāskōr | be born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |