Where does “flörtighet” come from?
flörtighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish flörtig, from Swedish flört, from Swedish flörta, from Swedish -a, from Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
flörtighet (Swedish): flirtiness
Definitions
- flirtiness
Ancestry of “flörtighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | flörtig | flirty |
| 2 | Swedish | flört | A flirt, an act of flirting |
| 3 | Swedish | flörta | to flirt |
| 4 | Swedish | -a | Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | -a | Creates denominative verbs from nouns |
| 6 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |