Where does “förmånlighet” come from?
förmånlighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish förmånlig, from Swedish förmån, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.
förmånlighet (Swedish): advantageousness
Definitions
- advantageousness
Ancestry of “förmånlighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förmånlig | advantageous |
| 2 | Swedish | förmån | a benefit |
| 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 |