Where does “styranordning” come from?

styranordning (Swedish) comes from Swedish anordning, from German Anordnung, from German anordnen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.

styranordning (Swedish): a control device

Definitions

  1. a control device

Ancestry of “styranordning”, step by step

styranordning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish anordning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishanordningcontrivance, device, appliance
2GermanAnordnungarrangement, array
3Germananordnento arrange, to put into a certain order a set of items
4Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
5Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
6Middle High Germanānewithout
7Old High Germanānawithout
8Proto-West Germanicanaon
9Proto-Germanic*an
10Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Swedish styra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstyragovern, rule, control; steer, navigate, direct
2Old Swedishstȳrato steer, to guide, to direct
3Old Norsestýrato steer
4Proto-Germanicstiurijanąto direct, steer
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an