Where does “förklarlighet” come from?
förklarlighet (Swedish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forklarlig, from Swedish förklara, from Old Swedish forklara, from Danish forklare, from Low German vorklaren, from Middle Low German vor-, from Old Saxon far-, from Proto-Germanic fra- — passed , crossed.
förklarlighet (Swedish): explicability
Definitions
- explicability
Ancestry of “förklarlighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forklarlig | — |
| 2 | Swedish | förklara | to explain, to declare, to report |
| 3 | Old Swedish | forklara | — |
| 4 | Danish | forklare | to explain |
| 5 | Low German | vorklaren | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 7 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |