Where does “sommarplåga” come from?
sommarplåga (Swedish) comes from Swedish plåga, from Old Swedish plagha, from Middle Low German plage, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sommarplåga (Swedish): a song (commonly released around spring) that gets overplayed some summer
Definitions
- a song (commonly released around spring) that gets overplayed some summer
Ancestry of “sommarplåga”, step by step
sommarplåga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish plåga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | plåga | a pain, a plague; to cause pain, to plague |
| 2 | Old Swedish | plagha | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | plage | — |
| 4 | Latin | plāga | plague, misfortune |
| 5 | Latin | plagius | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλάγιος | placed sideways, slanting, aslant |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |