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Where does “rörelse” come from?

rörelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish -else, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

rörelse (Swedish): movement; a move between points in space;...

Definitions

  1. movement; a move between points in space;...

Ancestry of “rörelse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-elsecreating nouns from verbs
2Old Saxon-isli—
3Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “rörelse”

  • massrörelse
  • egnahemsrörelse
  • broderskapsrörelse
  • nykterhetsrörelse
  • fredsrörelse
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