Where does “såvitt jag vet” come from?
såvitt jag vet (Swedish) comes from Swedish såvitt, from Swedish så, from Swedish sade, from Swedish säd, from Old Norse sáð, from Proto-Germanic sēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
såvitt jag vet (Swedish): as far as I know
Definitions
- as far as I know
Ancestry of “såvitt jag vet”, step by step
såvitt jag vet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish såvitt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | såvitt | as far as |
| 2 | Swedish | så | so, thus, like that, in that way, in a certain... |
| 3 | Swedish | sade | |
| 4 | Swedish | säd | grain; harvested seeds; semen |
| 5 | Old Norse | sáð | seed |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sēdiz | seed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₁- | to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,... |
via Swedish jag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | jag | I; I, self |
| 2 | Old Swedish | iak | I |
| 3 | Old Norse | ek | I |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | ᛖᚲ | I |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Swedish vet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vet | present of veta; know, knows |