Where does “omständlighet” come from?
omständlighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish omständlig, from German umständlich, from Danish -hed, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
omständlighet (Swedish): circumstantiality, long-windedness
Definitions
- circumstantiality, long-windedness
Ancestry of “omständlighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | omständlig | not simple, brief, and straightforward; tedious, cumbersome, laborious, lengthy, complex, etc |
| 2 | German | umständlich | complicated, long-winded; awkward; heavy-handed,... |
| 3 | Danish | -hed | function is similar to -ty and -ness |
| 4 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |