Where does “oförenlig” come from?
oförenlig (Swedish) comes from Swedish förenlig, from Swedish -lig, from Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
oförenlig (Swedish): incompatible, inconsistent
Definitions
- incompatible, inconsistent
Ancestry of “oförenlig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förenlig | compatible, consistent |
| 2 | Swedish | -lig | -ly, -like; forms adjectives |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -līker | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |