Where does “funktionsnedsättning” come from?
funktionsnedsättning (Swedish) comes from Swedish funktion, from Middle French function, from Latin functiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
funktionsnedsättning (Swedish): a disability, a handicap
Definitions
- a disability, a handicap
Ancestry of “funktionsnedsättning”, step by step
funktionsnedsättning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish funktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | funktion | function; what something does or is used for;... |
| 2 | Middle French | function | function what something's intended use is |
| 3 | Latin | functiō | performance, execution (of a task) |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish nedsättning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | nedsättning | a reduction |
| 2 | Swedish | nedsätta | to reduce |
| 3 | Swedish | sätta | to sit; to move oneself into a sitting position;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | sætia | to set, to place; to let sit |
| 5 | Old Norse | setja | to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |