Where does “valsverk” come from?
valsverk (Swedish) comes from Swedish vals, from French valse, from German Walzer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.
valsverk (Swedish): a rolling mill
Ancestry of “valsverk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vals | waltz, a dance; lie, untruth; roller; a rotating... |
| 2 | French | valse | waltz; inflection of valser:
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| 3 | German | Walzer | waltz |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |