sveinur

Faroese

/ˈsvaiːnʊɹ/

noun
Definitions
  • little boy
  • old boy, bachelor
  • servant, lackey
  • journeyman, a tradesman or craftsman who has completed an apprenticeship

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sveinn (boy) derived from Proto-Germanic *swaina- derived from Proto-Indo-European *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swé

Gloss

self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

自, 己

Emoji

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