Where does “vilstol” come from?
vilstol (Swedish) comes from Swedish víla, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
vilstol (Swedish): a recliner or other seating furniture designed or suitable for comfortable resting (with a long backrest)
Definitions
- a recliner or other seating furniture designed or suitable for comfortable resting (with a long backrest)
Ancestry of “vilstol”, step by step
vilstol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish víla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | víla | fairy |
| 2 | Swedish | plats | place; any geographical position a little larger... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | platz | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 6 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Swedish stol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stol | chair |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stōl | chair, seat |
| 3 | Old Norse | stóll | a stool, chair, throne; bishop's residence, see;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στόλος | expedition; army, fleet, troop |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στέλλω | I make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |