Where does “djurförsök” come from?
djurförsök (Swedish) comes from Swedish försök, from Swedish försöka, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.
djurförsök (Swedish): a (scientific) animal experiment
Definitions
- a (scientific) animal experiment
Ancestry of “djurförsök”, step by step
djurförsök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish försök
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | försök | go, try, attempt |
| 2 | Swedish | försöka | to attempt, to try |
| 3 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 4 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 5 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 6 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 8 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |