Where does “tjuvgömmare” come from?
tjuvgömmare (Swedish) comes from Swedish gömma, from Old Swedish gøma, from Old Norse geyma, from Proto-Germanic gaumijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
tjuvgömmare (Swedish): fence person who hides stolen goods
Definitions
- fence person who hides stolen goods
Ancestry of “tjuvgömmare”, step by step
tjuvgömmare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gömma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gömma | place where things are hidden or stashed away; to... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | gøma | to heed, mind; to keep, preserve, store |
| 3 | Old Norse | geyma | keep, watch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gaumijaną | to heed, notice, observe, keep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |