Where does “lämplighetstest” come from?
lämplighetstest (Swedish) comes from Swedish lämplighet, from Swedish lämplig, from Swedish lämpa, from Old Norse lampi, from Middle Low German lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
lämplighetstest (Swedish): aptitude test
Definitions
- aptitude test
Ancestry of “lämplighetstest”, step by step
lämplighetstest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lämplighet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lämplighet | suitability, appropriateness, fittingness, fitness |
| 2 | Swedish | lämplig | suitable, appropriate, apposite |
| 3 | Swedish | lämpa | to be suitable; to dump, to unload |
| 4 | Old Norse | lampi | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | lampe | — |
| 6 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Swedish test
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | test | a test, an examination, a trial; a test, an... |
| 2 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 3 | German | testen | to test |
| 4 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 5 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 6 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 7 | Old French | teste | head |
| 8 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 9 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 10 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |