Where does “substantivböjning” come from?
substantivböjning (Swedish) comes from Romanian substantiv, from French substantif, from Latin substantīvus, from Latin substantia, from Latin substāns, from Latin substō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo.
substantivböjning (Swedish): nominal inflection
Definitions
- nominal inflection
Ancestry of “substantivböjning”, step by step
substantivböjning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian substantiv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | substantiv | noun |
| 2 | French | substantif | substantive |
| 3 | Latin | substantīvus | substantive |
| 4 | Latin | substantia | substance, essence, material, contents; fortune,... |
| 5 | Latin | substāns | — |
| 6 | Latin | substō | to hold out, to stand firm |
| 7 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Swedish böjning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | böjning | inflection |
| 2 | Swedish | böja | bow, bend; inflect |
| 3 | Old Swedish | bøghia | to bend; to turn; to force, compel |
| 4 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |