Where does “innehållslöshet” come from?
innehållslöshet (Swedish) comes from Swedish innehållslös, from Swedish innehåll, from Old Swedish innehald, from German Inhalt, from German Verzeichnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
innehållslöshet (Swedish): vacuousness, contentlessness
Definitions
- vacuousness, contentlessness
Ancestry of “innehållslöshet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | innehållslös | vacuous, lacking content |
| 2 | Swedish | innehåll | content |
| 3 | Old Swedish | innehald | — |
| 4 | German | Inhalt | content |
| 5 | German | Verzeichnis | index; directory |
| 6 | German | -nis | A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or... |
| 7 | Middle High German | -nisse | — |
| 8 | Old High German | -nissī | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |