Where does “åsyfta” come from?
åsyfta (Swedish) comes from Swedish syfta, from Swedish sikta, from Swedish sikt, from German ansicht, from German ansehen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne — on, onto.
åsyfta (Swedish): to refer to, to reference
Definitions
- to refer to, to reference
Ancestry of “åsyfta”, step by step
åsyfta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish syfta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | syfta | }} to have as intention, to aim |
| 2 | Swedish | sikta | to sight, to see, to make a sighting; to aim; to... |
| 3 | Swedish | sikt | sight, view; a longer timespan; a sift |
| 4 | German | ansicht | view a depiction of a subject, especially from a specific perspective |
| 5 | German | ansehen | to look at, to have a look; to look at; to... |
| 6 | German | an- | Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,... |
| 7 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 8 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 9 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Swedish å
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 2 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 5 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |