Where does “aktiebolag” come from?
aktiebolag (Swedish) comes from Swedish aktie, from Swedish utdelning, from Swedish dela ut, from Swedish ut, from Swedish tåla, from Samoan tālā, from English Dollar, from Dutch dollar.
aktiebolag (Swedish): a stock company; a corporation; a company that...
Definitions
- a stock company; a corporation; a company that...
Ancestry of “aktiebolag”, step by step
aktiebolag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish aktie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | aktie | share, stock |
| 2 | Swedish | utdelning | distribution, handing out |
| 3 | Swedish | dela ut | to distribute, to hand out |
| 4 | Swedish | ut | out; get out!; from a certain point within a... |
| 5 | Swedish | tåla | to endure, to suffer, to take, to stand, to... |
| 6 | Samoan | tālā | the currency of Samoa; tala; dollar |
| 7 | English | Dollar | OS grid ref NS9698 |
| 8 | Dutch | dollar | dollar currency, especially the US dollar |
| 9 | English | dollar | Official designation for currency in some parts... |
| 10 | Dutch | daler | One who descends, one who goes down; Superseded... |
| 11 | German | taler | taler (former unit of currency) |
| 12 | German | Joachimsthaler | Native or inhabitant of Joachimsthal |
| 13 | German | Sankt Joachimsthal | St. Joachim's Valley |
| 14 | German | Joachim | — |
| 15 | Latin | Iōāchīmus | — |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωακείμ | — |