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Where does “frukt” come from?

frukt (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish frukt, from Old Norse fruktr, from Middle Low German vrucht, from Old Saxon fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron — to give.

frukt (Swedish): fruit

Definitions

  1. fruit

Ancestry of “frukt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishfrukt—
2Old Norsefruktr—
3Middle Low Germanvrucht—
4Old Saxonfruht—
5Proto-West Germanic*fruht—
6Latinfrūctus—
7Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
8Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
9Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “frukt”

  • fruktsallad
  • passionsfrukt
  • grapefrukt
  • fruktträd
  • fruktskivare
  • fruktämne
  • fruktplockare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →