Where does “tomtebloss” come from?
tomtebloss (Swedish) comes from German bloß, from Middle High German blōȥ, from Old High German blōz, from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.
tomtebloss (Swedish): a sparkler (hand-held firework that emits sparks)
Definitions
- a sparkler (hand-held firework that emits sparks)
Ancestry of “tomtebloss”, step by step
tomtebloss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bloß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bloß | mere, sole; bare, uncovered, nude; merely, only |
| 2 | Middle High German | blōȥ | — |
| 3 | Old High German | blōz | bare, naked; naked, bare |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *blaut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blautaz | soft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlāw- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel | shiny, white |
via Swedish tomte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tomte | A small human-like creature in Nordic folklore... |
| 2 | Swedish | tomt | a ground lot, a parcel (of land), that has had, currently has or in the future will have a house built on it. It especially refers either to the land that directly surrounds the house (not uncommonly fenced), even if the total estate might be much bigger, or a legally delineated lot in town-like env |
| 3 | Old Norse | toft | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tumþiz | seemliness, agreement; association, guild,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |