Where does “konkurrenskraft” come from?
konkurrenskraft (Swedish) comes from Swedish konkurrens, from French concurrence, from French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, from Latin concurrō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
konkurrenskraft (Swedish): competitiveness
Definitions
- competitiveness
Ancestry of “konkurrenskraft”, step by step
konkurrenskraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish konkurrens
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | konkurrens | competition, rivalry (act of competing) |
| 2 | French | concurrence | competition; concurrence; first-person singular... |
| 3 | French | concurrent | concurrent, simultaneous; competitive, in... |
| 4 | Latin | concurrēns | running with others |
| 5 | Latin | concurrō | to run with others, flock together |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish kraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kraft | a force; strength, power |
| 2 | Old Swedish | krapter | power, strength |
| 3 | Old Norse | kraptr | strength |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |