Where does “prärievarg” come from?
prärievarg (Swedish) comes from German Prärie, from American English prairie, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin platta — flat.
prärievarg (Swedish): coyote (Canis latrans)
Definitions
- coyote (Canis latrans)
Ancestry of “prärievarg”, step by step
prärievarg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Prärie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prärie | prairie |
| 2 | American English | prairie | — |
| 3 | French | prairie | meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie |
| 4 | Old French | praerie | meadow |
| 5 | Portuguese | prataria | silverware; cutlery; plates, dishes collectively |
| 6 | Portuguese | prata | silver; one hundred cents of current currency... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | prata | silver |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 9 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Swedish varg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | varg | wolf; a tree with a large crown and thick... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vargher | wolf |
| 3 | Old Norse | vargr | wolf; evildoer; destroyer |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wargaz | outlaw, criminal; wolf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵʰ- | bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |