Where does “telefonförsäljning” come from?

telefonförsäljning (Swedish) comes from Swedish försäljning, from Swedish försälja, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.

telefonförsäljning (Swedish): telemarketing

Definitions

  1. telemarketing

Ancestry of “telefonförsäljning”, step by step

telefonförsäljning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish försäljning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförsäljninga sale; turnover, sales
2Swedishförsäljato sell
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 Swedish telefon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtelefontelephone
2Swedishtele-tele-; bridging large distances; tele-;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic gebanąEvery word from Old Norse gefa