Where does “svavelsyrlighet” come from?
svavelsyrlighet (Swedish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål syrlighet, from Swedish -het, from Old Swedish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
svavelsyrlighet (Swedish): sulfurous acid
Definitions
- sulfurous acid
Ancestry of “svavelsyrlighet”, step by step
svavelsyrlighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål syrlighet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | syrlighet | acidity, sourness, tartness |
| 2 | Swedish | -het | Productive suffix giving an adjective a nounal... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -het | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |