Where does “tacksamhetsskuld” come from?
tacksamhetsskuld (Swedish) comes from Swedish tacksamhet, from Swedish tacksam, from Swedish -sam, from Old Norse -samr, from Old Norse samr, from Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρίτης, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της.
tacksamhetsskuld (Swedish): (a feeling of) indebtedness (due to something nice someone has done)
Definitions
- (a feeling of) indebtedness (due to something nice someone has done)
Ancestry of “tacksamhetsskuld”, step by step
tacksamhetsskuld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tacksamhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tacksamhet | gratitude, thankfulness |
| 2 | Swedish | tacksam | grateful |
| 3 | Swedish | -sam | -some; creating adjectives, mostly out of nouns |
| 4 | Old Norse | -samr | -some |
| 5 | Old Norse | samr | the same; agreeing, of one mind; same |
| 6 | Latin | Samarītānus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σαμαρίτης | Samaritan |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῑ́της | belonging to; member of; member of a group |
| 9 | Biblical Hebrew | אֶפְרָיִם | — |