Where does “jordbävning” come from?

jordbävning (Swedish) comes from Swedish bäva, from Icelandic bifa, from French biffer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

jordbävning (Swedish): an earthquake

Definitions

  1. an earthquake

Ancestry of “jordbävning”, step by step

jordbävning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bäva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbävato tremble, quiver, shudder; to be uneasy or...
2Icelandicbifato budge
3Frenchbifferto cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
6Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

via Swedish jord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishjordearth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated...
2Old Swedishiorþearth, land
3Old Norsejǫrðearth
4Proto-Germanicerþōearth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er