Where does “pest och pina” come from?
pest och pina (Swedish) comes from Swedish pina, from Old Swedish pina, from Old Norse pína, from Old Saxon pīna, from Medieval Latin pena, from Latin poenā, from Ancient Greek ποινή, from Proto-Hellenic kʷoinā́ — to pay; to avenge.
pest och pina (Swedish): awfulness, torture, hell (something very unpleasant)
Definitions
- awfulness, torture, hell (something very unpleasant)
Ancestry of “pest och pina”, step by step
pest och pina traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pina | pain, torment; to torment |
| 2 | Old Swedish | pina | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | pína | fine; to torment |
| 4 | Old Saxon | pīna | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | pena | punishment in hell; Alternative form of poena |
| 6 | Latin | poenā | penalty, punishment |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ποινή | blood money, wergeld; fine, ransom, penalty,... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kʷoinā́ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷoynéh₂ | payment; punishment, vengeance |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |
via Swedish och
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 4 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |