hemvärn
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (UK) home guard, (US) state defense forces; a back-up military force, open to elderly
Etymology
Compound from Swedish hem (home) + Swedish värn.
Origin
Swedish
värn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hima Finnish
- barnhem Swedish
- chef Swedish
- egnahem Swedish
- hem Swedish
- hembygd Swedish
- hemelektronik Swedish
- hemland Swedish
- hemläxa Swedish
- hemom Swedish
- hemort Swedish
- hemsida Swedish
- hemslöjd Swedish
- hemstad Swedish
- hemåt Swedish
- inhemsk Swedish
- nödvärn Swedish
- rike Swedish
- rikshemvärnschef Swedish
- vandrarhem Swedish
- värn Swedish
- värna Swedish
- heim Old Norse