Where does “slug som en räv” come from?
slug som en räv (Swedish) comes from Swedish slug, from Middle Low German slû, from Czech sluha, from Old Czech [[sluha]]/[[slúha]], from Proto-Slavic sluga, from Proto-Slavic sluti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱléw-(e)-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- — to cover; to incline.
slug som en räv (Swedish): sly as a fox
Definitions
- sly as a fox
Ancestry of “slug som en räv”, step by step
slug som en räv traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish slug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | slug | cunning |
| 2 | Middle Low German | slû | — |
| 3 | Czech | sluha | servant |
| 4 | Old Czech | [[sluha]]/[[slúha]] | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sluga | servant |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sluti | to express in words, to utter; to have reputation... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱléw-(e)-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Swedish söm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | söm | seam |
| 2 | Swedish | -nad | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -naðr | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -aðr | suffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōdaz | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |