Where does “språkförbund” come from?
språkförbund (Swedish) comes from German Sprachbund, from German bund, from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
språkförbund (Swedish): sprachbund
Definitions
- sprachbund
Ancestry of “språkförbund”, step by step
språkförbund traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sprachbund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sprachbund | sprachbund |
| 2 | German | bund | alliance, federation, league |
| 3 | Middle High German | bunt | — |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Swedish språk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | språk | language |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sprak | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sprāke | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | sprāka | speech |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |
via Swedish förbund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förbund | a union, a federation, an association, a league,... |