Where does “företal” come from?
företal (Swedish) comes from Swedish före, from Old Swedish fȳrir, from Old Norse fýrir, from Old Norse því, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
företal (Swedish): a preface, a foreword
Definitions
- a preface, a foreword
Ancestry of “företal”, step by step
företal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish före
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | före | in front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fȳrir | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | fýrir | before, in front of |
| 4 | Old Norse | því | dative singular of þat; therefore, for that... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Swedish tal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tal | number; An exercise involving calculations given... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tal | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |