Where does “fåtal” come from?
fåtal (Swedish) comes from Swedish få, 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- — he, she.
fåtal (Swedish): a few
Definitions
- a few
Ancestry of “fåtal”, step by step
fåtal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish få
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | få | few; to get, to receive; to be allowed to, may;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fā | to seize, take |
| 3 | Old Norse | fá | to get; to draw, paint; positive degree strong... |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ | I drew, I painted |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | faihijaną | to color, paint |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish tal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tal | number; An exercise involving calculations given... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tal | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |