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Where does “fruktämne” come from?

fruktämne (Swedish) comes from Swedish frukt, 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 — to give.

fruktämne (Swedish): ovary

Definitions

  1. ovary

Ancestry of “fruktämne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfruktfruit
2Old Swedishfrukt—
3Old Norsefruktr—
4Middle Low Germanvrucht—
5Old Saxonfruht—
6Proto-West Germanic*fruht—
7Latinfrūctus—
8Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
9Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
10Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
11Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →