syssla
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a task, a job, a duty
- (dated) a profession, an employment
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish sȳsla inherited from Old Norse sýsla (busyness, business, work) inherited from Proto-Germanic *seuhslō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*seuhslō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *seuhslō Proto-Germanic
- bisyssla Swedish
- sysselsätta Swedish
- sysselsättning Swedish
- sätta Swedish
- sýsl Old Norse
- sýsla Old Norse
- sȳsla Old Swedish