Where does “böjningsändelse” come from?
böjningsändelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish ändelse, from Swedish ända, 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.
böjningsändelse (Swedish): inflectional suffix; suffix that creates an inflected form when added to a word
Definitions
- inflectional suffix; suffix that creates an inflected form when added to a word
Ancestry of “böjningsändelse”, step by step
böjningsändelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ändelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ändelse | ending |
| 2 | Swedish | ända | all the way; buttock, behind; end |
| 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 |
via Swedish böjning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | böjning | inflection |
| 2 | Swedish | böja | bow, bend; inflect |
| 3 | Old Swedish | bøghia | to bend; to turn; to force, compel |
| 4 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |