Where does “engångsföreteelse” come from?
engångsföreteelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish företeelse, from Swedish förete, from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan — to pull, to draw; to lead.
engångsföreteelse (Swedish): a one-off (something that only occurs once)
Definitions
- a one-off (something that only occurs once)
Ancestry of “engångsföreteelse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | företeelse | a feature, a thing, an object |
| 2 | Swedish | förete | to show, to display |
| 3 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 4 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 5 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 6 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 7 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 8 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |