Where does “suicidförsök” come from?

suicidförsök (Swedish) comes from Swedish försök, from Swedish försöka, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.

suicidförsök (Swedish): suicide attempt

Definitions

  1. suicide attempt

Ancestry of “suicidförsök”, step by step

suicidförsök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish försök

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförsökgo, try, attempt
2Swedishförsökato attempt, to try
3Swedishförtoo; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the...
4Swedishbuda message (also budskap)
5Swedishgivarea giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor
6Swedishgivaa portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given...
7Old Swedishgivato give
8Old Norsegefato give something; to give someone something
9Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Serbo-Croatian suìcīd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansuìcīdsuicide
2Frenchsuicidesuicide; inflection of suicider: ##...
3New Latinsuicidiumsuicide
4Latin-cīdium
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic gebanąEvery word from Old Norse gefa