Where does “bekantskap” come from?
bekantskap (Swedish) comes from Swedish -skap, from Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
bekantskap (Swedish): acquaintance (knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with a person or thing)
Definitions
- acquaintance (knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with a person or thing)
Ancestry of “bekantskap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | -skap | Used for creating nouns: -ship, -hood |
| 2 | Old Norse | -skapr | Used to form nouns from nouns and adjectives |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |