Where does “tiga som muren” come from?
tiga som muren (Swedish) comes from Swedish söm, from Swedish -nad, from Old Norse -naðr, from Old Norse -aðr, from Proto-Norse -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
tiga som muren (Swedish): to keep completely quiet (on some matter)
Definitions
- to keep completely quiet (on some matter)
Ancestry of “tiga som muren”, step by step
tiga som muren traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish söm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | söm | seam |
| 2 | Swedish | -nad | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -naðr | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -aðr | suffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōdaz | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Swedish tiga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tiga | to keep quiet to say absolutely nothing; to shut... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þighia | to be silent, to not speak |
| 3 | Old Norse | þegja | to be silent |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þagjaną | to be silent, to not speak; to take, consume |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |
via Swedish muren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | muren | — |