Where does “ändamålslöshet” come from?
ändamålslöshet (Swedish) comes from Swedish ändamålslös, from Swedish ändamål, from Swedish ända, from Swedish än, from English on, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
ändamålslöshet (Swedish): purposelessness
Definitions
- purposelessness
Ancestry of “ändamålslöshet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ändamålslös | purposeless |
| 2 | Swedish | ändamål | purpose |
| 3 | Swedish | ända | all the way; buttock, behind; end |
| 4 | Swedish | än | still, yet; no matter; than; in comparisons,... |
| 5 | English | on | In the state of being active, functioning or... |
| 6 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 7 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |