Where does “beundran” come from?
beundran (Swedish) comes from Swedish beundra, 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.
beundran (Swedish): admiration
Ancestry of “beundran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | beundra | to admire |
| 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 |