Where does “vårlök” come from?
vårlök (Swedish) comes from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo — to move.
vårlök (Swedish): yellow star-of-Betlehem, Gagea lutea
Definitions
- yellow star-of-Betlehem, Gagea lutea
Ancestry of “vårlök”, step by step
vårlök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lök
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lök | onion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 3 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 4 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 6 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 7 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
via Swedish vår
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vår | our; belonging to us; spring; the season between... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | var | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | vár | spring |
| 4 | Old Norse | vás | toil, fatigue, from bad weather |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | ᚹᚨᛋ | was |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | was | first/third-person singular past active... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wes- | to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night |