Where does “få” come from?
få (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish fā, from Old Norse fá, from Proto-Norse ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ, from Proto-Germanic faihijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
få (Swedish): few; to get, to receive; to be allowed to, may;...
Definitions
- few; to get, to receive; to be allowed to, may;...
Ancestry of “få”, step by step
få traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Swedish fā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | fā | to seize, take |
| 2 | Old Norse | fá | to get; to draw, paint; positive degree strong... |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ | I drew, I painted |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | faihijaną | to color, paint |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |