Where does “språkvetare” come from?

språkvetare (Swedish) comes from Swedish veta, from Old Swedish vita, from Old Norse víta, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

språkvetare (Swedish): linguist

Definitions

  1. linguist

Ancestry of “språkvetare”, step by step

språkvetare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish veta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvetato know; to be certain about, to have knowledge...
2Old Swedishvitato know; to prove; to accuse
3Old Norsevítato know
4Proto-Germanic*witaną—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Swedish språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspråklanguage
2Old Swedishsprak—
3Middle Low Germansprāke—
4Old Saxonsprākaspeech
5Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Germanic *witaną →
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