Where does “fyraprocentsspärr” come from?
fyraprocentsspärr (Swedish) comes from Swedish procent, from German Prozent, from Italian per cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
fyraprocentsspärr (Swedish): four-percent threshold
Definitions
- four-percent threshold
Ancestry of “fyraprocentsspärr”, step by step
fyraprocentsspärr traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish procent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | procent | percent |
| 2 | German | Prozent | percent |
| 3 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 4 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Swedish fyra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fyra | four; four; the digit "4"; fourth-grader; pupil... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fiurir | four |
| 3 | Old Norse | fjórir | four |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fedwōr | four |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Swedish spärr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spärr | stop, catch, block, blockade, ban, limit, bar,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | sperra | rafter, beam |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijaną | to bar, to block |