sveinn
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- boy, lad
- servant, lackey
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (servant, young man, relative) inherited 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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boat English
- boatswain English
- coxswain English
- swain English
- swaining English
- swainish English
- swainling English
- swainmote English
- swainship English
- soini Finnish
- se Latin
- semita Latin
- sibi Latin
- sine Latin
- sui Latin
- sē Latin
- sī Latin
- ἑκάς Ancient Greek
- ἑταῖρος Ancient Greek
- ἔτης Ancient Greek
- ἧλιξ Ancient Greek
- ἰδιωτικόν Ancient Greek
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *se Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁-sk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swedʰ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *swom Proto-Indo-European
- *swoyos Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- *só Proto-Indo-European
- *swa Proto-Germanic
- *swaina- Proto-Germanic
- *swainaz Proto-Germanic
- *swēbaz Proto-Germanic
- bāt Old English
- sweġen Old English
- swān Old English
- स्वदेश Sanskrit
- botswain Middle English
- swayn Middle English
- swon Middle English
- bósan Irish
- svæinn Old Norse
- *sebe Proto-Slavic
- *svojь Proto-Slavic
- lærisveinn Icelandic
- piparsveinn Icelandic
- sveinn Icelandic
- fylgisveinur Faroese
- piparsveinur Faroese
- sveinur Faroese
- baûsouîn Norman
- *senara Proto-Celtic
- *swe- Proto-Celtic
- *swá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *s(w)ē- Proto-Italic
- *swelos Proto-Italic
- bojin Marshallese
- xwe Northern Kurdish
- *hwe Proto-Hellenic