Where does “spanjorska” come from?
spanjorska (Swedish) comes from Swedish spanjor, from Romanian spaniol, from French espagnol, from Middle French espaignol, from Old French espagneul, from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus — coast of hyraxes.
spanjorska (Swedish): a female Spaniard woman from Spain
Definitions
- a female Spaniard woman from Spain
Ancestry of “spanjorska”, step by step
spanjorska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish spanjor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spanjor | a (male) Spaniard |
| 2 | Romanian | spaniol | Spanish; a Spanish man; Spaniard |
| 3 | French | espagnol | Spanish, from or otherwise related to Spain, its... |
| 4 | Middle French | espaignol | Spanish |
| 5 | Old French | espagneul | — |
| 6 | Old Occitan | espaignol | Spanish |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | Hispaniolus | Spanish; of Spain; Of Spain |
| 8 | Latin | Hispānus | Spaniard |
| 9 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 10 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |
via Swedish ska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ska | ska; a style of dance music; will; denotes a... |
| 2 | Swedish | skall | bark; sound made by a dog or a wolf |
| 3 | Old Swedish | skal | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | skel | shell |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skaljō | shell; husk; rind; peel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |