Where does “socialförsäkring” come from?
socialförsäkring (Swedish) comes from Swedish försäkring, from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
socialförsäkring (Swedish): a social insurance, social security
Definitions
- a social insurance, social security
Ancestry of “socialförsäkring”, step by step
socialförsäkring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish försäkring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | försäkring | an insurance |
| 2 | Swedish | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |
via Swedish social
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | social | social, pertaining to living conditions and... |