Where does “föraning” come from?
föraning (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.
föraning (Swedish): a premonition, a hunch
Definitions
- a premonition, a hunch
Ancestry of “föraning”, step by step
föraning 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 aning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | aning | suspicion, idea, notion |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ane | guess, sense introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | ånde | breath; to breathe |
| 4 | Danish | ånde | breath; breathe |
| 5 | Old Danish | andæ | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | andi | breath; aspiration; spirit, soul 1871, C.R.... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | anadô | breath; spirit; zeal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁‑ | to breathe |