Where does “byggnadsställning” come from?
byggnadsställning (Swedish) comes from Swedish byggnad, from Swedish bygga, from Old Swedish byggia, from Old Norse byggja, from Proto-Germanic būwijaną, from Proto-Germanic būaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
byggnadsställning (Swedish): scaffold, scaffolding
Definitions
- scaffold, scaffolding
Ancestry of “byggnadsställning”, step by step
byggnadsställning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish byggnad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | byggnad | a building |
| 2 | Swedish | bygga | to build; to construct |
| 3 | Old Swedish | byggia | to settle, build |
| 4 | Old Norse | byggja | to settle, build; to inhabit, dwell, live; to let... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | būwijaną | to settle, to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
via Swedish ställning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ställning | a stand; posture, a way to keep one's body;... |
| 2 | Swedish | ställa | to set; to put something down in an upright... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | stælla | to place upright somewhere |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stellen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | stellian | to place |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |