Where does “fullmaktstagare” come from?
fullmaktstagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish fullmakt, from Swedish makt, from Old Norse makt, from Middle Low German macht, from Old Saxon maht, from Proto-West Germanic mahti, from Proto-Germanic mahtiz, from Proto-Germanic mahtuz — to be able.
fullmaktstagare (Swedish): agent, attorney a person granted power of attorney by another person to act on their behalf
Definitions
- agent, attorney a person granted power of attorney by another person to act on their behalf
Ancestry of “fullmaktstagare”, step by step
fullmaktstagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fullmakt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fullmakt | a mandate, a power of attorney |
| 2 | Swedish | makt | power, influence; a power |
| 3 | Old Norse | makt | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | macht | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | maht | might |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Swedish tagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tagare | a taker |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |