Where does “byggnadsverksamhet” come from?
byggnadsverksamhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish verksamhet, from Swedish verksam, from Swedish -sam, from Old Norse -samr, from Old Norse samr, from Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρίτης, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της.
byggnadsverksamhet (Swedish): construction
Definitions
- construction
Ancestry of “byggnadsverksamhet”, step by step
byggnadsverksamhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish verksamhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | verksamhet | goal-oriented activity (either commercial or more general goal-oriented activity, carried out on an ongoing basis, often within an organization or group) |
| 2 | Swedish | verksam | active, busy, working in some area; effective,... |
| 3 | Swedish | -sam | -some; creating adjectives, mostly out of nouns |
| 4 | Old Norse | -samr | -some |
| 5 | Old Norse | samr | the same; agreeing, of one mind; same |
| 6 | Latin | Samarītānus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σαμαρίτης | Samaritan |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῑ́της | belonging to; member of; member of a group |
| 9 | Biblical Hebrew | אֶפְרָיִם | — |
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 |