Where does “koranbränning” come from?
koranbränning (Swedish) comes from Swedish bränning, from Swedish bränna, from Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic brannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
koranbränning (Swedish): Quran burning (burning a Quran, for example for political reasons)
Definitions
- Quran burning (burning a Quran, for example for political reasons)
Ancestry of “koranbränning”, step by step
koranbränning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bränning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bränning | a breaker (wave breaking into foam (indicating an underwater hazard)), surf |
| 2 | Swedish | bränna | fire; to overheat food; to heat the food until it... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | brænna | to cause to burn, to set fire upon |
| 4 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |