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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

  1. a feature, a thing, an object

Ancestry of “företeelse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishföreteto show, to display
2Swedishtetea; to appear
3Germantee—
4EnglishteeThe name of the Latin-script letter T; Something...
5Middle Englishteen—
6Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
7Old Englishtēohan—
8Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
9Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
10Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →