Where does “åskådning” come from?
åskådning (Swedish) comes from Swedish åskåda, from Swedish å-, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa — self (reflexive pronoun).
åskådning (Swedish): outlook
Definitions
- outlook
Ancestry of “åskådning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åskåda | to view, watch, behold |
| 2 | Swedish | å- | on |
| 3 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 4 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 7 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |