This aspect of the Swedish language is surprisingly confusing. Swedish has four words for great-grandfather, all referring to separate people. These are:
- farfars far (paternal grandfather's father) - dad's dad's dad
- farmors far (paternal grandmother's father) - dad's mom's dad
- morsfars far (maternal grandfather's father) - mom's dad's dad
- morsmors far (maternal grandmother's father) - mom's mom's dad
Great is a separate word and grandfather is one word great grandfather or great great grandfather
My great, great grandfather's birth name was William Taus and he and his ancestors were full Swedish. So it's Swedish.
Great-grandfather is "Sin-seanathair".
To say "great grandfather" with 11 greats, write the word "great" eleven times and then write the word "grandfather." Some people say "eleventh great grandfather."
The Yiddish word for great-grandfather is "גרויספאָפֿער" (groysfoper).
Grandfather is morfar or farfar depending on whether it's your mother's or father's father. Morfar: Mother's father Farfar: Father's father
"Abuelo" is a grandfather and "Abuela" is a grandmother
Styvfarfar or styvmorfar - please reference answer to grandfather.
The Yiddish word for great grandfather is "זיסער דעיד" (zeeser deyd).
The English word for Pardada is Great-Grandfather
The term is hyphenated, as great-great-grandfather(grandfather's grandfather).
your great great great great grandfather