Where does “promenadstråk” come from?
promenadstråk (Swedish) comes from Luxembourgish Promenad, from French promenade, from French promener, from Middle French pourmener, from Old French pormener, from Old French por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promenadstråk (Swedish): a walking path, a promenade (path where people often go for walks (often in a city))
Definitions
- a walking path, a promenade (path where people often go for walks (often in a city))
Ancestry of “promenadstråk”, step by step
promenadstråk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Promenad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Promenad | walk, stroll |
| 2 | French | promenade | walk; stroll |
| 3 | French | promener | to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll |
| 4 | Middle French | pourmener | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | pormener | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | por | for |
| 7 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō | for |
| 9 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 10 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish stråk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stråk | a path frequently walked or traveled (by people or animals) |