Where does “författning” come from?
författning (Swedish) comes from Swedish författa, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
författning (Swedish): a legal code, a law
Ancestry of “författning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | författa | to author, to write |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |