Where does “förblekna” come from?
förblekna (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.
förblekna (Swedish): to fade (give a duller and duller visual impression, or figuratively of memories and the like)
Definitions
- to fade (give a duller and duller visual impression, or figuratively of memories and the like)
Ancestry of “förblekna”, step by step
förblekna 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 blekna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | blekna | to pale; to become pale |
| 2 | Swedish | nå | to reach, attain; well? "encouragement to... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | na | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | ná | to get hold of, reach, overtake; to get, obtain;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwijaną | to approach, to come near |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwaz | near, close |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nḗḱwos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |