Where does “avgiftsfinansiering” come from?
avgiftsfinansiering (Swedish) comes from Swedish avgiftsfinansiera, from Swedish avgift, from Swedish gift, from German gift, from Middle High German gift, from Old High German gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz — to give.
avgiftsfinansiering (Swedish): financing by means of fees (as opposed to by taxation)
Definitions
- financing by means of fees (as opposed to by taxation)
Ancestry of “avgiftsfinansiering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | avgiftsfinansiera | finance by means of fees (as opposed to by taxation) |
| 2 | Swedish | avgift | a cost; a fee |
| 3 | Swedish | gift | poison; venom; virus; toxin; married |
| 4 | German | gift | poison; toxin; venom |
| 5 | Middle High German | gift | gift, something given |
| 6 | Old High German | gift | gift |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gifti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | giftiz | giving, gift |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |