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Where does “fatta” come from?

fatta (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vāten, from Old Dutch faton.

fatta (Swedish): to grasp, take ; the concrete meaning of grasp;...

Definitions

  1. to grasp, take ; the concrete meaning of grasp;...

Ancestry of “fatta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvāten—
2Old Dutchfaton—

Words derived from “fatta”

  • missuppfatta
  • uppfattning
  • fatt
  • uppfatta
  • omfatta
  • sammanfatta
  • missuppfattning
  • färguppfattning
  • omfattning
Every word from Old Dutch faton →