Where does “sjumilastövel” come from?
sjumilastövel (Swedish) comes from Swedish stövel, from Old Swedish støvel, from Old Norse styfill, from Middle Low German stevel, from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre.
sjumilastövel (Swedish): a seven-league boot
Definitions
- a seven-league boot
Ancestry of “sjumilastövel”, step by step
sjumilastövel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stövel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stövel | a boot |
| 2 | Old Swedish | støvel | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | styfill | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stevel | — |
| 5 | Italian | Stivale | the boot of Italy; Italy |
| 6 | Italian | stiva | hold; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Italian | stivare | To stow or load |
| 8 | Latin | stīpāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | stīpō | to crowd or press together, compress |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stīpos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | steip- | — |
via Swedish sju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sju | seven |
| 2 | Old Swedish | siu | seven |
| 3 | Old Norse | sjau | seven |
| 4 | Dutch | drie | three |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | drie | three |
| 6 | Old Dutch | thrīe | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via Swedish mil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mil | Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters; Unit of... |
| 2 | Latin | millia | nominative plural of mīlle; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | mille | thousand; 1000; mile, "particularly" a Roman mile... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |