Where does “turistfälla” come from?
turistfälla (Swedish) comes from Swedish turist, from English tourist, from English tour, from Old French tour, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
turistfälla (Swedish): a tourist trap
Definitions
- a tourist trap
Ancestry of “turistfälla”, step by step
turistfälla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish turist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | turist | a tourist |
| 2 | English | tourist | Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for... |
| 3 | English | tour | A journey through a particular building, estate,... |
| 4 | Old French | tour | tower |
| 5 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 6 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 7 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Swedish fälla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fälla | trap; to fell; to make something fall; to fell;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fælla | to fell, cause to fall; to neglect; to prevent |
| 3 | Old Norse | fella | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 7 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |