Where does “tronföljare” come from?

tronföljare (Swedish) comes from Swedish följare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

tronföljare (Swedish): successor

Definitions

  1. successor

Ancestry of “tronföljare”, step by step

tronföljare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish följare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishföljarefollower
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Swedish tron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtrona throne; an ornate seat
2Old Swedishtron
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Swedish -are