ånga

== Swedish == === Etymology === The oblique case of ånge (in Early Modern Swedish), from Old Swedish ange. Compare Old Norse ang (“fragrance”) and Old Norse anga (“to exhale; to emit fragrance”). Beyond the Nordic languages the origin is unclear, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). === Noun === ånga c steam vapour/vapor ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vattenånga (“water vapour”) ångbåt (“steamboat”) ånglok (“steam locomotive”) ångdriven (“steam-powered”) === References === “ånga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “ånga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) ånga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === angå, gå an