Where does “dødstrussel” come from?
dødstrussel (Danish) comes from Danish trussel, from Danish -sel, from Old English -els, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
dødstrussel (Danish): death threat
Definitions
- death threat
Ancestry of “dødstrussel”, step by step
dødstrussel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish trussel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | trussel | threat |
| 2 | Danish | -sel | Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act... |
| 3 | Old English | -els | suffix creating nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |