Where does “tjena mors” come from?
tjena mors (Swedish) comes from Swedish tjena, from Swedish tjenare, from Swedish tjänare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Ancestry of “tjena mors”, step by step
tjena mors traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tjena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tjena | hi, hello; yeah sure; indication of doubt |
| 2 | Swedish | tjenare | Alternative form of tjänare |
| 3 | Swedish | tjänare | An informal greeting; hi, hello; servant |
| 4 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 6 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Swedish mors
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mors | hi, hello |
| 2 | Swedish | morgon | a morning; the early hours of the day |
| 3 | Old Swedish | morghon | morning |
| 4 | Old Norse | [[morgunn]], [[morginn]] | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *murginaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | merkʷ- | dark; to blink, twinkle; to flicker, twinkle,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |