vänster
Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- left on the left-hand side
- (politics) left-wing; left
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vinstri inherited from Proto-Germanic *winistraz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*winistraz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- venstre Norwegian Bokmål
- *winistraz Proto-Germanic
- extrem Swedish
- hand Swedish
- justera Swedish
- vänsterextrem Swedish
- vänsterhand Swedish
- vänsterhänt Swedish
- vänsterjustera Swedish
- venstre Norwegian Nynorsk
- winstre Old English
- vinstri Old Norse
- venstre Danish
- vinstri Icelandic
- winstar Old High German
- vinstri Faroese
- vinster Westrobothnian