Where does “avslutning” come from?
avslutning (Swedish) comes from Swedish avsluta, from Swedish sluta, from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten, from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon slūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan, from Proto-Germanic sleutaną — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
avslutning (Swedish): a final, an ending
Ancestry of “avslutning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | avsluta | to close, cancel , terminate |
| 2 | Swedish | sluta | to stop , to end; to quit; to cease doing... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | slūta | — |
| 4 | Low German | sluten | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slūten | to close |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slūtan | to close, conclude, lock |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleutan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sleutaną | to bolt, lock; to shut, close |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)klewd- | to lock |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
Words derived from “avslutning”