Where does “forræðishyggja” come from?
forræðishyggja (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic forræði, from Icelandic for-, from Old Norse for-, from Middle Low German vor-, from Old Saxon far-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
forræðishyggja (Icelandic): paternalism
Definitions
- paternalism
Ancestry of “forræðishyggja”, step by step
forræðishyggja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic forræði
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | forræði | the power to make decisions regarding something |
| 2 | Icelandic | for- | previous, before, first, pre-; extremely;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | for- | for; fore- |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 5 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Icelandic hyggja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hyggja | to think; to take a look at, examine; thought,... |
| 2 | Icelandic | á | The name of the Latin-script letter Á; river;... |
| 3 | Icelandic | líkur | alike, similar, like, resembling; likelihood,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | líkr | same, like, equal; alike, resembling; probable,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |