Where does “flykting” come from?

flykting (Swedish) comes from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

flykting (Swedish): a refugee

Definitions

  1. a refugee

Ancestry of “flykting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
2Old Swedish-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

Words derived from “flykting”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Swedish -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →