Where does “världsåskådning” come from?
världsåskådning (Swedish) comes from Swedish åskådning, from Swedish åskåda, from Swedish å-, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá — self (reflexive pronoun).
världsåskådning (Swedish): worldview, weltanschauung
Definitions
- worldview, weltanschauung
Ancestry of “världsåskådning”, step by step
världsåskådning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish åskådning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åskådning | outlook |
| 2 | Swedish | åskåda | to view, watch, behold |
| 3 | Swedish | å- | on |
| 4 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 5 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 8 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |
via Swedish värld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | värld | world |
| 2 | Old Swedish | væruld | the earth; the world |
| 3 | Old Norse | verǫld | the world |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |