Where does “sagoberättare” come from?
sagoberättare (Swedish) comes from Swedish säga, from Old Swedish sagha, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
sagoberättare (Swedish): storyteller
Definitions
- storyteller
Ancestry of “sagoberättare”, step by step
sagoberättare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish säga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | säga | to say, to tell; to utter words |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sagha | utterance, statement; story, tale; proverb |
| 3 | Old Norse | saga | story, history, legend, saga |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sagǭ | story |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷe- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Swedish berättare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | berättare | storyteller |
| 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) |