Where does “benskörhet” come from?

benskörhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish skörhet, from Swedish -het, from Old Swedish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

benskörhet (Swedish): osteoporosis

Definitions

  1. osteoporosis

Ancestry of “benskörhet”, step by step

benskörhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skörhet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskörhetbrittleness, fragility
2Swedish-hetProductive suffix giving an adjective a nounal...
3Old Swedish-het—
4Middle Low German-heit—
5Old Saxon-hedforming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...
6Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
7Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

via Swedish ben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbenleg; a body part; leg; part of trousers which...
2Old Swedishbēnbone
3Old Norsebeinleg; bone
4Proto-Germanicbainąleg; bone
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →