Where does “sjusovare” come from?
sjusovare (Swedish) comes from Swedish sju, from Old Swedish siu, from Old Norse sjau, from Dutch drie, from Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz.
sjusovare (Swedish): A person who sleeps until late in the morning,...
Definitions
- A person who sleeps until late in the morning,...
Ancestry of “sjusovare”, step by step
sjusovare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 sovare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sovare | sleeper |
| 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) |