Where does “förändra” come from?

förändra (Swedish) comes from Swedish ändra, from German antragen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

förändra (Swedish): to change or to modify a state or a condition

Definitions

  1. to change or to modify a state or a condition

Ancestry of “förändra”, step by step

förändra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ändra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishändrato change, to modify; to change one's mind
2Germanantragento offer
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an—
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German verändern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverändernto alter, to change; to change
2GermanVer-Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away'
3Middle High Germanver-—
4Old High Germanfir-—

Words derived from “förändra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →