Where does “förädling” come from?
förädling (Swedish) comes from Swedish förädla, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną — to give.
förädling (Swedish): refinement
Definitions
- refinement
Ancestry of “förädling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förädla | to refine, cultivate, enrich, to process a material into a purer form |
| 2 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 3 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 4 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 5 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 7 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |