Where does “resmål” come from?
resmål (Swedish) comes from Swedish mål, from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
resmål (Swedish): a destination (of a journey)
Definitions
- a destination (of a journey)
Ancestry of “resmål”, step by step
resmål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mål | language; dialect; juridical case; target; what... |
| 2 | Swedish | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 3 | Swedish | -og | — |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -ogher | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | -igr | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Swedish resa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | resa | a travel, a journey; a trip; to travel, be on a... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | rēsa | to raise, erect |
| 3 | Old Norse | reisa | to raise |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | raizijaną | to cause to rise; raise |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rīsaną | to scale; move vertically; to rise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |