Where does “förlita” come from?

förlita (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.

förlita (Swedish): to trust, to depend

Definitions

to trust, to depend

Ancestry of “förlita”, step by step

förlita 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 lita

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	lita	}} to trust (have confidence in)
2	Old Norse	hlíta	to rely on, trust, abide by; to rely on, trust
3	Proto-Indo-European	ḱley-	to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
4	Proto-Indo-European	ḱel-	to cover; to incline

Words derived from “förlita”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Old Norse gefa →