Where does “rattfylleri” come from?
rattfylleri (Swedish) comes from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
rattfylleri (Swedish): drunk driving
Definitions
- drunk driving
Ancestry of “rattfylleri”, step by step
rattfylleri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rätt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rätt | right, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rât | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | rāt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish fylleri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fylleri | intoxication, drunkenness |
| 2 | Swedish | -eri | -ery, making a business from a verb, e.g. baka →... |
| 3 | Low German | -erie | — |
| 4 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |