Where does “tonföljd” come from?
tonföljd (Swedish) comes from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu — to be able.
tonföljd (Swedish): a succession of tones (in music)
Definitions
- a succession of tones (in music)
Ancestry of “tonföljd”, step by step
tonföljd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 2 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 3 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 4 | Old French | ton | your |
| 5 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 6 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 7 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 8 | Polish | tu | here |
| 9 | Polish | być | to be |
| 10 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 11 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Swedish följd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | följd | series, sequence; a number of things that follow... |