Where does “förstoringsglas” come from?
förstoringsglas (Swedish) comes from German Vergrößerungsglas, from German Vergrößerung, from German vergrößern, from German größer, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y — -y, -ic.
förstoringsglas (Swedish): magnifying glass
Definitions
- magnifying glass
Ancestry of “förstoringsglas”, step by step
förstoringsglas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Vergrößerungsglas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vergrößerungsglas | magnifying glass |
| 2 | German | Vergrößerung | enlargement; magnification |
| 3 | German | vergrößern | to enlarge, to amplify, to increase; to become... |
| 4 | German | größer | comparative degree of groß |
| 5 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 6 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 7 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 8 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 9 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |