Where does “meningsfullhet” come from?
meningsfullhet (Swedish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål meningsfull, from Norwegian Bokmål mening, from Norwegian Bokmål mene, from Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
meningsfullhet (Swedish): meaningfulness
Definitions
- meaningfulness
Ancestry of “meningsfullhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | meningsfull | meaningful |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mening | an opinion; meaning; intention |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | mene | to mean; to think |
| 4 | Old Norse | meina | to harm |
| 5 | Middle Low German | meinen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mēnian | to mean, to intend (to do something) |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |