Where does “förmånstagare” come from?
förmånstagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish förmån, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną — to give.
förmånstagare (Swedish): beneficiary
Definitions
- beneficiary
Ancestry of “förmånstagare”, step by step
förmånstagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förmån
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förmån | a benefit |
| 2 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 3 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 4 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 5 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 7 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |