Where does “frihandelszon” come from?
frihandelszon (Swedish) comes from Swedish zon, from French zone, from German Zone, from Italian zona, from Spanish zona, from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на, from Latin zōna — belt, sash.
frihandelszon (Swedish): free trade area
Definitions
- free trade area
Ancestry of “frihandelszon”, step by step
frihandelszon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish zon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | zon | zone |
| 2 | French | zone | zone; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | German | Zone | zone |
| 4 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 5 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 6 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 7 | Russian | зо́на | zone |
| 8 | Latin | zōna | belt, girdle |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |
via Swedish frihandel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | frihandel | free trade |
| 2 | Swedish | fri | free, unconstrained; free, not imprisoned,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vrī | free |
| 4 | Old Saxon | frī | free |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | frī | free |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |