Where does “vårting” come from?
vårting (Swedish) comes from Swedish vår, from Old Swedish var, from Old Norse vár, from Old Norse vás, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ, from Proto-Germanic was, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- — to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night.
vårting (Swedish): spring (vår) session of a court (ting), typically a häradsrätt (countryside district court) that in older times only had a few sessions per year
Definitions
- spring (vår) session of a court (ting), typically a häradsrätt (countryside district court) that in older times only had a few sessions per year
Ancestry of “vårting”, step by step
vårting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Swedish ting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ting | a thing, an individual object; a thing, a court... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þing | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | þing | thing, a regional parliament of nearby clans,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þingą | appointed time; date; appointment; meeting;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkó- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tenk- | to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,... |