Where does “afhængighedsfald” come from?
afhængighedsfald (Danish) comes from Danish afhængighed, from Danish afhængig, from Danish afhænge, from German abhängen, from German hängen, from Middle High German hangen, from Old High German hangen, from West Germanic *hangēn — to hang.
afhængighedsfald (Danish): oblique case
Definitions
- oblique case
Ancestry of “afhængighedsfald”, step by step
afhængighedsfald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish afhængighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | afhængighed | dependence |
| 2 | Danish | afhængig | addicted; dependent |
| 3 | Danish | afhænge | to depend |
| 4 | German | abhängen | to depend; to hang out; to take down |
| 5 | German | hängen | to hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to... |
| 6 | Middle High German | hangen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | hangen | to hang |
| 8 | West Germanic | *hangēn | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hangāną | to hang, to be suspended |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱenk- | to hang |
via Danish fald
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fald | fall; decrease, decline; case |
| 2 | Old Norse | fall | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 6 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |