Where does “karakteristisk” come from?
karakteristisk (Swedish) comes from Swedish karakteristik, from French caractéristique, from Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός, from Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
karakteristisk (Swedish): characteristic
Ancestry of “karakteristisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | karakteristik | a characteristic |
| 2 | French | caractéristique | characteristic; characteristic, trait |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χαρακτηριστικός | characteristic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χαρακτηρίζω | to designate by a characteristic mark |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |