Where does “sagoförtäljare” come from?
sagoförtäljare (Swedish) comes from Swedish förtälja, from Old Swedish fortælia, from Middle Low German vörtellen, from Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
sagoförtäljare (Swedish): storyteller
Definitions
- storyteller
Ancestry of “sagoförtäljare”, step by step
sagoförtäljare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förtälja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förtälja | tell, narrate |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fortælia | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vörtellen | to tell, to narrate, to recount |
| 4 | Middle Low German | tellen | to count, to tell |
| 5 | Old Saxon | tellian | to count; to tell |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |