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Where does “socialförsäkringsminister” come from?

socialförsäkringsminister (Swedish) comes from Swedish socialförsäkring, from Swedish försäkring, from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

socialförsäkringsminister (Swedish): a minister for social security

Definitions

  1. a minister for social security

Ancestry of “socialförsäkringsminister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsocialförsäkringa social insurance, social security
2Swedishförsäkringan insurance
3Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
4Old Swedish-ing—
5Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
6Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →