Where does “kärnkraftsanhängare” come from?
kärnkraftsanhängare (Swedish) comes from Swedish anhängare, from German Anhänger, from German anhängen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
kärnkraftsanhängare (Swedish): supporter of nuclear power
Definitions
- supporter of nuclear power
Ancestry of “kärnkraftsanhängare”, step by step
kärnkraftsanhängare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish anhängare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | anhängare | a follower, a fan |
| 2 | German | Anhänger | agent noun of anhängen |
| 3 | German | anhängen | To hang, to make something linger while fixed at |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Swedish kärnkraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kärnkraft | nuclear power; a nuclear force |
| 2 | Swedish | kärna | a seed, a pip; a kernel, a nucleus, a core; a pit |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kiærne | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kjarni | kernel, core; core |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kernô | kernel, core |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |