Where does “rövartåg” come from?
rövartåg (Swedish) comes from Swedish tåg, from Middle High German tag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
rövartåg (Swedish): a robbery expedition
Definitions
- a robbery expedition
Ancestry of “rövartåg”, step by step
rövartåg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tåg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tåg | a railroad train; a train, a march, a military... |
| 2 | Middle High German | tag | day; age, lifetime; convention, congress |
| 3 | Old High German | tag | day |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via Swedish rövare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rövare | a robber, someone who steals or loots |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |