Where does “fortsätta” come from?
fortsätta (Swedish) comes from Swedish fort, from French fort, from Old French fort, from Latin fortis, from Old Latin forctis, from Proto-Italic forktis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
fortsätta (Swedish): to continue, to proceed
Definitions
- to continue, to proceed
Ancestry of “fortsätta”, step by step
fortsätta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fort | quickly/quick, fast; a fort |
| 2 | French | fort | strong; powerful; skilled, proficient,... |
| 3 | Old French | fort | strong; strongly |
| 4 | Latin | fortis | strong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | forctis | strong |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | forktis | strong, robust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |
via Swedish sätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sätta | to sit; to move oneself into a sitting position;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sætia | to set, to place; to let sit |
| 3 | Old Norse | setja | to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |