Where does “förintelseförnekare” come from?
förintelseförnekare (Swedish) comes from Swedish Förintelsen, from Swedish förintelse, from Swedish förinta, from German vernichten, from Middle High German vernihten, from Middle High German nihten, from Middle High German niht, from Old High German niwiht — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
förintelseförnekare (Swedish): Holocaust denier
Definitions
- Holocaust denier
Ancestry of “förintelseförnekare”, step by step
förintelseförnekare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish Förintelsen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Förintelsen | the Holocaust (the mass murder of Jews and other groups by the Nazi regime during World War II) |
| 2 | Swedish | förintelse | annihilation, destruction |
| 3 | Swedish | förinta | to annihilate |
| 4 | German | vernichten | to destroy; to ruin; to wreck; to annihilate; to... |
| 5 | Middle High German | vernihten | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | nihten | — |
| 7 | Middle High German | niht | not |
| 8 | Old High German | niwiht | — |
| 9 | Old High German | nio | never |
| 10 | Old High German | io | always |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | aiw | long time, age, eternity; law |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | aiwaz | long time, age, eternity |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via Swedish förnekare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förnekare | a denier |
| 2 | Swedish | förneka | to deny; to assert that something is not true |
| 3 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 4 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 5 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 6 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 8 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |