Where does “förhänge” come from?
förhänge (Swedish) comes from Swedish hänge, from Swedish hänga, from Old Swedish hængia, from Old Norse hengja, from Proto-Germanic hangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
förhänge (Swedish): a curtain (in front of an opening rather than a window)
Definitions
- a curtain (in front of an opening rather than a window)
Ancestry of “förhänge”, step by step
förhänge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hänge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hänge | catkin; something hanging |
| 2 | Swedish | hänga | to hang; to commit suicide by hanging |
| 3 | Old Swedish | hængia | to hang, to be suspended; to hang, to cause to... |
| 4 | Old Norse | hengja | to hang; suspend |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hangijaną | to cause to hang |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish för
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 3 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 4 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 6 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |