Where does “fjärrvärme” come from?

fjärrvärme (Swedish) comes from Swedish fjärr-, from Swedish fjärran, from Old Norse fjarrænn.

fjärrvärme (Swedish): district heating

Definitions

  1. district heating

Ancestry of “fjärrvärme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfjärr-having to do with a (far) removed location (or occurring over a (long) distance, thinking about it differently); remote, long-distance, tele-, etc
2Swedishfjärranfar
3Old Norsefjarrænn—
Every word from Old Norse fjarrænn →Every word from Swedish fjärr- →Every word from Swedish fjärran →
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