Where does “bondfångerska” come from?
bondfångerska (Swedish) comes from Swedish bonde, from Old Norse bóndi, from Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
Ancestry of “bondfångerska”, step by step
bondfångerska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bonde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bonde | farmer; pawn |
| 2 | Old Norse | bóndi | farmer; husband |
| 3 | Old Norse | -andi | used to form present participles of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Swedish fånga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fånga | to catch, to capture |
| 2 | Old Norse | fanga | to fetch, capture |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 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 |