Where does “konstbevattning” come from?
konstbevattning (Swedish) comes from Swedish konstbevattna, from Swedish bevattna, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
konstbevattning (Swedish): artificial irrigation
Definitions
- artificial irrigation
Ancestry of “konstbevattning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | konstbevattna | to irrigate artificially |
| 2 | Swedish | bevattna | to irrigate, to water (supply (farmland or the like) with water) |
| 3 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 4 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 5 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 9 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |