Where does “förhållningssätt” come from?

förhållningssätt (Swedish) comes from Swedish förhållning, from Swedish förhålla, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.

förhållningssätt (Swedish): an approach, an attitude

Definitions

  1. an approach, an attitude

Ancestry of “förhållningssätt”, step by step

förhållningssätt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish förhållning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförhållningsuspension; the slowing of a horse
2Swedishförhållato behave, to conduct (oneself)
3Swedishförtoo; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the...
4Swedishbuda message (also budskap)
5Swedishgivarea giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor
6Swedishgivaa portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given...
7Old Swedishgivato give
8Old Norsegefato give something; to give someone something
9Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Swedish sätt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsättmanners; behaviour; way, manner; how something is...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic gebanąEvery word from Old Norse gefa