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 — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
valsverk (Swedish): a rolling mill
Definitions
- a rolling mill
Ancestry of “valsverk”, step by step
valsverk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish vals
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vals | waltz, a dance; lie, untruth; roller; a rotating... |
| 2 | French | valse | waltz; inflection of valser: ##... |
| 3 | German | Walzer | waltz |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |