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Where does “entreprenörskap” come from?

entreprenörskap (Swedish) comes from Swedish -skap, from Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

entreprenörskap (Swedish): entrepreneurship

Definitions

  1. entrepreneurship

Ancestry of “entreprenörskap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-skapUsed for creating nouns: -ship, -hood
2Old Norse-skaprUsed to form nouns from nouns and adjectives
3Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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