Where does “spåtant” come from?

spåtant (Swedish) comes from Swedish tant, from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

spåtant (Swedish): (and older)

Definitions

  1. (and older)

Ancestry of “spåtant”, step by step

spåtant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtantolder lady; Used to address older women
2Frenchtanteaunt
3Middle Frenchtante—
4Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
5Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
6Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
7Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

via Swedish spå

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspåto foretell; to tell the future and fortune; to...
2Old Norsespáa prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell
3Proto-Germanicspahōnąto observe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →Every word from Latin amita →Every word from Old French ante →