Where does “för att” come from?
för att (Swedish) comes from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.
för att (Swedish): to, in order to
Definitions
- to, in order to
Ancestry of “för att”, step by step
för att traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish för
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 3 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 4 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 6 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
via Swedish ätt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ätt | a family, a house; family |
| 2 | Old Swedish | æt | family, kin, bloodline |
| 3 | Old Norse | ætt | quarter of the heaven, direction; family,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | aihtiz | possessions, property |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *aiganą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₂óyḱe | to possess, to own |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyḱ- | to possess, to own |