köken: Borrowed from French démon (“demon”), from Middle French [Term?], from Latin daemōn (“demon; (protective) spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “demon; (protective) spirit”).
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese demonio, from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), diminutive of δαίμων (daímōn, “god, divine power”).
a small human-like creature in Nordic folklore that lives on farmsteads and watches over their inhabitants; a brownie, a gnome. · Santa Claus · a person who behaves irresponsibly, oddly or incompetently
köken: Attested since 1790 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. An elliptic form of tomtebisse or tomtegubbe with the same meaning. Derived from tomt (“site; lot; garden”). The association between the mythological creature and Santa Claus had its origins in the 19th century (first attestation is from 1864) and was firmly established in the middle of the 20th century. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk…
aile: ha tomtar på loftet, tomta, tomtedräkt, tomtegröt
Om tomten inte får en klick smör i sin julgröt kan han bli arg och göra stor skada.
Moster Agneta klädde ut sig till tomte och delade ut klappar till barnen.
Vad är det för tomte som har slängt mina kläder i snön?
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diaboluslbor. Old Czech diábel Czech ďábel Inherited from Old Czech diábel, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek…
köken: From a root relating to opposition or accusation. Compare Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān), Aramaic סָטָנָא, Ge'ez ሰይጣን (säyṭan), and Classical Syriac ܣܛܢܐ (sāṭānā).