Where does “användargränssnitt” come from?
användargränssnitt (Swedish) comes from Swedish gränssnitt, from Swedish snitt, from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.
användargränssnitt (Swedish): a user interface
Definitions
- a user interface
Ancestry of “användargränssnitt”, step by step
användargränssnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gränssnitt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gränssnitt | interface |
| 2 | Swedish | snitt | a cut; an average; face, section, cut |
| 3 | German | schnitt | first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 4 | Middle High German | snit | — |
| 5 | Old High German | snit | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *snid | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *snidaz | a cut, slice, piece |
via Swedish användare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | användare | user |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |