Where does “bekostnad” come from?
bekostnad (Swedish) comes from Swedish bekosta, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bekostnad (Swedish): expense
Ancestry of “bekostnad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | bekosta | to pay the expenses for , to fund, to finance |
| 2 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 3 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 4 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 8 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |