Where does “trotjänare” come from?
trotjänare (Swedish) comes from Swedish tro, from Old Swedish trō, from Old Norse trú, from Middle Low German truwe, from Old Saxon treuwa, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.
trotjänare (Swedish): faithful servant
Definitions
- faithful servant
Ancestry of “trotjänare”, step by step
trotjänare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tro | faith, belief; allegiance; to believe |
| 2 | Old Swedish | trō | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | trú | faith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | truwe | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | treuwa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trewwō | fidelity, pledge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | drewo- | — |
via Swedish tjänare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tjänare | An informal greeting; hi, hello; servant |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |