Where does “förstagångsväljare” come from?
förstagångsväljare (Swedish) comes from Swedish gång, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German gang, from Proto-Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
förstagångsväljare (Swedish): first-time voter
Definitions
- first-time voter
Ancestry of “förstagångsväljare”, step by step
förstagångsväljare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gång
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gång | walk, path, trail; a maintained, usually quite... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ganc | procession |
| 3 | Old High German | gang | A path, course, way, journey; a going |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *gang | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |
via Swedish väljare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | väljare | a voter; a person who votes in an election or a... |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Swedish första
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | första | first; senior; higher |