Where does “gudsförnekelse” come from?
gudsförnekelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish förnekelse, from Swedish förneka, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.
gudsförnekelse (Swedish): atheism
Definitions
- atheism
Ancestry of “gudsförnekelse”, step by step
gudsförnekelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förnekelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förnekelse | denial |
| 2 | Swedish | förneka | to deny; to assert that something is not true |
| 3 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 4 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 5 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 6 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 8 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
via Swedish gud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gud | a god |
| 2 | Old English | guþ | battle, combat |
| 3 | Old Norse | goð | the æsir, a clan of vættir nature beings that... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |