Where does “förebud” come from?

förebud (Swedish) comes 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.

förebud (Swedish): harbinger, foreboding

Definitions

  1. harbinger, foreboding

Ancestry of “förebud”, step by step

förebud traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbuda message (also budskap)
2Swedishgivarea giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor
3Swedishgivaa portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given...
4Old Swedishgivato give
5Old Norsegefato give something; to give someone something
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Swedish före

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförein front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time...
2Old Swedishfȳrir
3Old Norsefýrirbefore, in front of
4Old Norseþvídative singular of þat; therefore, for that...
5Proto-Germanic*sa
6Proto-Austronesian*əsa
7Proto-Oceanic*isa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-