Where does “brännmärkning” come from?
brännmärkning (Swedish) comes from Swedish brännmärka, from Swedish bränna, from Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic brannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
brännmärkning (Swedish): branding, deliberately scarring by means of a branding iron
Definitions
- branding, deliberately scarring by means of a branding iron
Ancestry of “brännmärkning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | brännmärka | to brand (with a hot iron) |
| 2 | Swedish | bränna | fire; to overheat food; to heat the food until it... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | brænna | to cause to burn, to set fire upon |
| 4 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |