Where does “vanebildande” come from?

vanebildande (Swedish) comes from Swedish vana, from Old Swedish vani, from Old Norse vani — a custom, a habit.

vanebildande (Swedish): addictive, habit-forming

Definitions

  1. addictive, habit-forming

Ancestry of “vanebildande”, step by step

vanebildande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvanainflection of van: ## definite singular ##...
2Old Swedishvani—
3Old Norsevania custom, a habit

via Swedish bildande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbildande
Every word from Old Norse vani →Every word from Old Swedish vani →Every word from Swedish vana →