Where does “spelmanslag” come from?
spelmanslag (Swedish) comes from Swedish spelman, from Swedish spela, from Old Norse spila, from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Dutch spilon, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
spelmanslag (Swedish): a group of folk musicians who play together, usually dominated by fiddles; a (folk) fiddle group, etc
Definitions
- a group of folk musicians who play together, usually dominated by fiddles; a (folk) fiddle group, etc
Ancestry of “spelmanslag”, step by step
spelmanslag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish spelman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spelman | folk musician |
| 2 | Swedish | spela | to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument... |
| 3 | Old Norse | spila | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | spillen | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish låg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | låg | low; having a small height; of low moral or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lāgher | low |
| 3 | Old Norse | lágr | low; short |
| 4 | German | lager | first-person singular present of lagern; singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | leger | — |
| 6 | Old High German | legar | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | legr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | legrą | a lying, a place where one lies; camp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |