Where does “sky som pesten” come from?

sky som pesten (Swedish) comes from Swedish sky, from French jus, from Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

sky som pesten (Swedish): to avoid like the plague

Definitions

  1. to avoid like the plague

Ancestry of “sky som pesten”, step by step

sky som pesten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish sky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskyheaven; sky; cloud
2Frenchjusjuice; coffee; electricity, energy, power, juice
3Middle Frenchjusjuice; down, downwards
4Old Frenchjusjuice; down
5Latiniūslaw, right
6Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Swedish söm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsömseam
2Swedish-nadsuffix used to create nouns, particularly from...
3Old Norse-naðrsuffix used to create nouns, particularly from...
4Old Norse-aðrsuffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,...
5Proto-Norse-ᛟᚦᚢᛉ
6Proto-Germanic-ōdazForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the...

via Swedish pesten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpesten
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ