Where does “begreppsklass” come from?

begreppsklass (Swedish) comes from Swedish begrepp, from Swedish begripa, from Middle Low German begrīpen, from Old Saxon bigrīpan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan.

begreppsklass (Swedish): a conceptual class

Definitions

  1. a conceptual class

Ancestry of “begreppsklass”, step by step

begreppsklass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish begrepp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbegreppa concept
2Swedishbegripato grasp, to understand
3Middle Low Germanbegrīpen
4Old Saxonbigrīpan
5Proto-Germanic*bigrīpan

via Swedish klass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklassclass
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpanEvery word from Old Saxon bigrīpanEvery word from Middle Low German begrīpen