Where does “bestånd” come from?

bestånd (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish bestand, from Middle Low German bestant.

bestånd (Swedish): a population (of similar things, usually animals or plants – sometimes more generally), a set

Definitions

  1. a population (of similar things, usually animals or plants – sometimes more generally), a set

Ancestry of “bestånd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbestand—
2Middle Low Germanbestant—

Words derived from “bestånd”

Every word from Middle Low German bestant →Every word from Old Swedish bestand →