Where does “höstdagjämning” come from?
höstdagjämning (Swedish) comes from Swedish dagjämning, from Swedish jämning, from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
höstdagjämning (Swedish): autumnal equinox
Ancestry of “höstdagjämning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | dagjämning | equinox |
| 2 | Swedish | jämning | a levelling, an equilibrium |
| 3 | Swedish | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -ing | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |