Where does “fönsterhanterare” come from?
fönsterhanterare (Swedish) comes from Swedish hanterare, from Swedish hantera, from Middle Low German hanteren, from Middle Dutch hanteren, from Old French hanter, from Old English hāmettan, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim — to be lying down; to settle.
fönsterhanterare (Swedish): a window manager
Definitions
- a window manager
Ancestry of “fönsterhanterare”, step by step
fönsterhanterare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hanterare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hanterare | a handler, a manager (someone or something that handles something) |
| 2 | Swedish | hantera | to handle, to manage |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hanteren | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | hanteren | to have dealings with |
| 5 | Old French | hanter | to frequent, abide in one place; to frequent... |
| 6 | Old English | hāmettan | to bring home; provide a home for; house; to... |
| 7 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |