Where does “vindsvåning” come from?
vindsvåning (Swedish) comes from Swedish våning, from Middle English waninge, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic wanōndz, from Proto-Germanic wanōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
vindsvåning (Swedish): an apartment in the attic, a loft, a mansard
Definitions
- an apartment in the attic, a loft, a mansard
Ancestry of “vindsvåning”, step by step
vindsvåning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish våning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | våning | apartment; floor, storey / story of a building |
| 2 | Middle English | waninge | — |
| 3 | Old English | waniende | waning |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wanōndz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wanōną | To become less; lessen; wane |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish vind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vind | bent, twisted, warped; a wind; movement of air;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vinder | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | vindr | wind; awry; second/third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | windaz | wind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |