Where does “livsavgörande” come from?
livsavgörande (Swedish) comes from Swedish avgörande, from Swedish avgöra, from Swedish göra, from Old Swedish gøra, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin.
livsavgörande (Swedish): vital, crucial to life
Definitions
- vital, crucial to life
Ancestry of “livsavgörande”, step by step
livsavgörande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish avgörande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | avgörande | crucial, deciding, decisive; a decision, a... |
| 2 | Swedish | avgöra | to determine |
| 3 | Swedish | göra | work, task; to do; to make, to produce, to create |
| 4 | Old Swedish | gøra | to do, make |
| 5 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Swedish liv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | liv | life, lifetime, existence; living being,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | līf | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | líf | life |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lībą | body; life |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lībaną | to remain, to be left |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |