Where does “låntagare” come from?
låntagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish lån, from Old Swedish län, from Middle Low German lēn, from Old Norse lén, from Middle Low German lehen, from Proto-Germanic laihną, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.
låntagare (Swedish): borrower
Definitions
- borrower
Ancestry of “låntagare”, step by step
låntagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lån
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lån | loan |
| 2 | Old Swedish | län | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lēn | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | lén | fief, fee; royal grant or emoulement; royal... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | lehen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laihną | that which is lent, loan; fief |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |
via Swedish tagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tagare | a taker |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |