Where does “anskaffarfrihet” come from?

anskaffarfrihet (Swedish) comes from Swedish anskaffare, from Swedish anskaffa, from German anschaffen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.

anskaffarfrihet (Swedish): the constitutional right to acquire information for the purpose of having it published in a newspaper

Definitions

  1. the constitutional right to acquire information for the purpose of having it published in a newspaper

Ancestry of “anskaffarfrihet”, step by step

anskaffarfrihet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish anskaffare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishanskaffareacquirer
2Swedishanskaffaacquire
3Germananschaffento get, purchase, buy; to work as a prostitute,...
4Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
5Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
6Middle High Germanānewithout
7Old High Germanānawithout
8Proto-West Germanicanaon
9Proto-Germanic*an
10Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Swedish frihet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfrihetfreedom, liberty
2Swedish-hetProductive suffix giving an adjective a nounal...
3Old Swedish-het
4Middle Low German-heit
5Old Saxon-hedforming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...
6Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
7Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an