Where does “aningslöshet” come from?
aningslöshet (Swedish) comes from Swedish aningslös, from Swedish aning, from Norwegian Bokmål ane, from Norwegian Bokmål ånde, from Danish ånde, from Old Danish andæ, from Old Norse andi, from Proto-Germanic anadô — to breathe.
aningslöshet (Swedish): unwittingness, cluelessness
Definitions
- unwittingness, cluelessness
Ancestry of “aningslöshet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | aningslös | unsuspecting, unwitting, clueless (not harboring any suspicions), (sometimes, by implication) naive |
| 2 | Swedish | aning | suspicion, idea, notion |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | ane | guess, sense introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | ånde | breath; to breathe |
| 5 | Danish | ånde | breath; breathe |
| 6 | Old Danish | andæ | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | andi | breath; aspiration; spirit, soul 1871, C.R.... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | anadô | breath; spirit; zeal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁‑ | to breathe |