etymologi
Danish
Noun
etymologi c (singular definite etymologien, plural indefinite etymologier)
- etymology
Declension
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | etymologi | etymologien | etymologier | etymologierne |
| genitive | etymologis | etymologiens | etymologiers | etymologiernes |
Related terms
- etymolog
- etymologisk
References
- “etymologi” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Noun
etymologi
- etymologist
Declension
| Inflection of etymologi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | etymologi | etymologit | |
| genitive | etymologin | etymologien | |
| partitive | etymologia | etymologeja | |
| illative | etymologiin | etymologeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | etymologi | etymologit | |
| accusative | nom. | etymologi | etymologit |
| gen. | etymologin | ||
| genitive | etymologin | etymologien | |
| partitive | etymologia | etymologeja | |
| inessive | etymologissa | etymologeissa | |
| elative | etymologista | etymologeista | |
| illative | etymologiin | etymologeihin | |
| adessive | etymologilla | etymologeilla | |
| ablative | etymologilta | etymologeilta | |
| allative | etymologille | etymologeille | |
| essive | etymologina | etymologeina | |
| translative | etymologiksi | etymologeiksi | |
| instructive | — | etymologein | |
| abessive | etymologitta | etymologeitta | |
| comitative | — | etymologeineen | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos).
Noun
etymologi m (definite singular etymologien, indefinite plural etymologier, definite plural etymologiene)
- etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
Derived terms
- etymolog
- etymologisere
- etymologisk
- folkeetymologi
References
- “etymologi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “etymologi” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos).
Noun
etymologi m (definite singular etymologien, indefinite plural etymologiar, definite plural etymologiane)
- etymology (as above)
Synonyms
- ordsoge
Derived terms
- etymolog
- etymologisere
- etymologisk
- folkeetymologi
References
- “etymologi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos).
Noun
etymologi c
- etymology (study of the history of words, a branch of linguistics)
- an etymology (the history of a word)
Declension
| Declension of etymologi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | etymologi | etymologin | etymologier | etymologierna |
| Genitive | etymologis | etymologins | etymologiers | etymologiernas |
Related terms
- etymolog
- etymologisera
- etymologisk
References
- etymologi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)