Where does “självförstörelse” come from?
självförstörelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish förstörelse, from Swedish förstöra, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.
självförstörelse (Swedish): self-destruction
Definitions
- self-destruction
Ancestry of “självförstörelse”, step by step
självförstörelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förstörelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förstörelse | destruction, ruin |
| 2 | Swedish | förstöra | to break, to demolish; to make something cease... |
| 3 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 4 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 5 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 6 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 8 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |