Where does “höginkomsttagare” come from?
höginkomsttagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish hög, from Old Swedish høgher, from Old Norse hugr, from Proto-Germanic hugiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱk-í-s ~ ḱk-éy-s, from Proto-Indo-European ḱek- — to be able, capable.
höginkomsttagare (Swedish): high-income earner
Definitions
- high-income earner
Ancestry of “höginkomsttagare”, step by step
höginkomsttagare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hög
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hög | high; which reaches a great distance from the... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | høgher | high; hill, barrow |
| 3 | Old Norse | hugr | thought |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hugiz | mind, thought, sense, understanding |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱk-í-s ~ ḱk-éy-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱek- | to be able, capable |
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) |
via Swedish inkomst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | inkomst | income; money one earns by working or... |