Where does “förhäxa” come from?
förhäxa (Swedish) comes from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.
förhäxa (Swedish): to bewitch
Definitions
- to bewitch
Ancestry of “förhäxa”, step by step
förhäxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Swedish häxa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | häxa | a witch; a witch; ugly or unpleasant woman |
| 2 | German | hexe | inflection of hexen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | hecse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hagazussa | witch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hagatusjō | witch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hagaz | abled, capable; suitable, comfortable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱak- | branch, pole; branch, stick; to be able, help |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kek- / ḱek- / kekʰ- / ḱekʰ- | — |