Where does “sinnesnärvaro” come from?
sinnesnärvaro (Swedish) comes from Swedish närvaro, from Swedish vara, from Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware, from Old Saxon wār, from Proto-West Germanic wār, from Proto-Germanic wēraz — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
sinnesnärvaro (Swedish): presence of mind
Definitions
- presence of mind
Ancestry of “sinnesnärvaro”, step by step
sinnesnärvaro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish närvaro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | närvaro | presence |
| 2 | Swedish | vara | To be; existence, being; to last |
| 3 | Old Swedish | vara | To be |
| 4 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 5 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via Swedish sinne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sinne | mind, sense |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sinne | — |
| 3 | Old Swedish | sīn | Reflexive possessive third person determiner. his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own) |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sîn | of his |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *sinn | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |