Where does “företagsbot” come from?
företagsbot (Swedish) comes from Swedish företag, from Swedish företa, from Swedish före, from Old Swedish fȳrir, from Old Norse fýrir, from Old Norse því, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
företagsbot (Swedish): corporate fine
Definitions
- corporate fine
Ancestry of “företagsbot”, step by step
företagsbot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish företag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | företag | a venture, an enterprise, a company |
| 2 | Swedish | företa | to undertake, to do |
| 3 | Swedish | före | in front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | fȳrir | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | fýrir | before, in front of |
| 6 | Old Norse | því | dative singular of þat; therefore, for that... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Swedish bot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bot | fine; cure; remedy; bot |
| 2 | English | bot | The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of... |
| 3 | English | bottom | The lowest part of anything; Character,... |
| 4 | Middle English | botme | The lowest section of something; the bottom,... |
| 5 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |