panta (Swedish)

Where does "panta" come from?

The Swedish verb 'panta', meaning 'to pawn' or to use bottle deposit legislation, comes from Old Swedish 'panta'[1]. This historical form combines the noun 'pant' with the verbal suffix '-a'[1]. The underlying noun 'pant' was inherited from Old Swedish 'panter' meaning 'deposit', which was borrowed from Middle Low German 'pant'[3].

Open questions

• The ultimate origin of the Middle Low German source word pant is considered uncertain. [4]

Full etymology tree

• panta (Swedish), 'to pawn'
  • inherited panta (Old Swedish)
    • suffix pant (Old Swedish)
      • borrowed pant (Middle Low German)
    • suffix -a (Old Swedish), 'Creates denominative verbs from nouns'

Ancestors

• pant (Swedish)
• à (Swedish)

Sources

1. panta (Swedish) - Wiktionary
2. à (Swedish) - Wiktionary
3. pant (Swedish) - Wiktionary
4. panter (Old Swedish) - Wiktionary
5. pannus (Latin) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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