Where does “anteckningsbok” come from?
anteckningsbok (Swedish) comes from Swedish anteckning, from Swedish anteckna, from Swedish än, from English on, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
anteckningsbok (Swedish): a notebook
Ancestry of “anteckningsbok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | anteckning | a note, a memorandum |
| 2 | Swedish | anteckna | to note, to write down |
| 3 | Swedish | än | still, yet; no matter; than; in comparisons,... |
| 4 | English | on | In the state of being active, functioning or... |
| 5 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 6 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |