Where does “meningsbyggnad” come from?
meningsbyggnad (Swedish) comes from Swedish mening, from Swedish mena, from Old Swedish mena, from Middle Low German mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
meningsbyggnad (Swedish): a way of forming sentences, sentence structure
Definitions
- a way of forming sentences, sentence structure
Ancestry of “meningsbyggnad”, step by step
meningsbyggnad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mening
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mening | a meaning, a definition of a word; a sentence, a... |
| 2 | Swedish | mena | to mean; to convey, or to want to convey; to... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mena | to mean |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mēnen | to mean |
| 5 | Old Saxon | mēnian | to mean, to intend (to do something) |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |
via Swedish byggnad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | byggnad | a building |
| 2 | Swedish | bygga | to build; to construct |
| 3 | Old Swedish | byggia | to settle, build |
| 4 | Old Norse | byggja | to settle, build; to inhabit, dwell, live; to let... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | būwijaną | to settle, to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |