Where does “bekantskapskrets” come from?
bekantskapskrets (Swedish) comes from Swedish krets, from Swedish -a, from Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
bekantskapskrets (Swedish): a circle of acquaintances
Definitions
- a circle of acquaintances
Ancestry of “bekantskapskrets”, step by step
bekantskapskrets traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish krets
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | krets | set; circuit; integrated circuit |
| 2 | Swedish | -a | Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -a | Creates denominative verbs from nouns |
| 4 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish bekantskap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bekantskap | acquaintance (knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with a person or thing) |
| 2 | Swedish | -skap | Used for creating nouns: -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old Norse | -skapr | Used to form nouns from nouns and adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |