Where does “skyfall” come from?
skyfall (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.
skyfall (Swedish): cloudburst
Definitions
- cloudburst
Ancestry of “skyfall”, step by step
skyfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sky | heaven; sky; cloud |
| 2 | French | jus | juice; coffee; electricity, energy, power, juice |
| 3 | Middle French | jus | juice; down, downwards |
| 4 | Old French | jus | juice; down |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish fäll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fäll | skin, hide, pelt |
| 2 | Old Norse | fall | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 6 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |