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Where does “tryckfrihet” come from?

tryckfrihet (Swedish) comes from Swedish frihet, from Swedish -het, from Old Swedish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

tryckfrihet (Swedish): freedom of the press

Definitions

  1. freedom of the press

Ancestry of “tryckfrihet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfrihetfreedom, liberty
2Swedish-hetProductive suffix giving an adjective a nounal...
3Old Swedish-het—
4Middle Low German-heit—
5Old Saxon-hedforming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...
6Proto-West Germanic-haidu—
7Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “tryckfrihet”

  • tryckfrihetsförordning
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