Where does “kursfordran” come from?
kursfordran (Swedish) comes from Swedish kurs, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
kursfordran (Swedish): a requirement for an academic course
Definitions
- a requirement for an academic course
Ancestry of “kursfordran”, step by step
kursfordran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kurs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kurs | course, class; course, the intended passage of... |
| 2 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 3 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Swedish fordran
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fordran | a credit (the opposite of a debt), a demand, a requirement |
| 2 | Swedish | -an | making a noun from a verb, similar to -ing and... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -an | Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ōniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |