Where does “företeelse” come from?
företeelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish förete, from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic teuhan — to pull, to draw; to lead.
företeelse (Swedish): a feature, a thing, an object
Definitions
- a feature, a thing, an object
Ancestry of “företeelse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | förete | to show, to display |
| 2 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 3 | German | tee | — |
| 4 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 5 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 6 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 7 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |