Where does “brännpunkt” come from?
brännpunkt (Swedish) comes 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-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
brännpunkt (Swedish): a focus
Definitions
- a focus
Ancestry of “brännpunkt”, step by step
brännpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bränna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bränna | fire; to overheat food; to heat the food until it... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | brænna | to cause to burn, to set fire upon |
| 3 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | punkt | a period, a full stop; an item; a point; size of... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |