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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

  1. a social insurance, social security

Ancestry of “socialförsäkring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförsäkringan insurance
2Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
3Old Swedish-ing—
4Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
5Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

Words derived from “socialförsäkring”

  • socialförsäkringsminister
  • socialförsäkringsutskott
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