Where does “sammanhangslöshet” come from?
sammanhangslöshet (Swedish) comes from Swedish sammanhangslös, from Swedish sammanhang, from German Zusammenhang, from German Hang, from German hängen, from Middle High German hangen, from Old High German hangen, from West Germanic *hangēn — to hang.
sammanhangslöshet (Swedish): contextlessness
Definitions
- contextlessness
Ancestry of “sammanhangslöshet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sammanhangslös | contextless |
| 2 | Swedish | sammanhang | a context |
| 3 | German | Zusammenhang | coherence, cohesion; interrelation, connection,... |
| 4 | German | Hang | slope, hill, hillside; inclination; propensity;... |
| 5 | German | hängen | to hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to... |
| 6 | Middle High German | hangen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | hangen | to hang |
| 8 | West Germanic | *hangēn | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hangāną | to hang, to be suspended |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱenk- | to hang |