Where does “nordlig varfågel” come from?
nordlig varfågel (Swedish) comes from Swedish nordlig, from Swedish nörd, from English nerd, from English nerts, from English nuts, from English nut, from Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu — to arise, begin.
nordlig varfågel (Swedish): northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
Definitions
- northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
Ancestry of “nordlig varfågel”, step by step
nordlig varfågel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish nordlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | nordlig | northern |
| 2 | Swedish | nörd | nerd |
| 3 | English | nerd | A person who is intellectual but generally... |
| 4 | English | nerts | Crazy; nuts; Nuts! Expression of dismay |
| 5 | English | nuts | plural of nut; Testicles; An unbeatable hand; the... |
| 6 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 7 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 8 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |
via Swedish varfågel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | varfågel | great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) |
| 2 | Swedish | fågel | a bird |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fughl | bird |
| 4 | Old Norse | fugl | Alternative form of fogl |
| 5 | Old Norse | fogl | bird |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fuglaz | bird |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fluglaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |