Where does “erstatningsmodstand” come from?

erstatningsmodstand (Danish) comes from Danish modstand, from Danish modstå, from Danish stå, from Old Danish staa, from English star, from Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra, from Proto-West Germanic sterrō — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

erstatningsmodstand (Danish): the resistance due to some arrangement of resistors

Definitions

  1. the resistance due to some arrangement of resistors

Ancestry of “erstatningsmodstand”, step by step

erstatningsmodstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish modstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmodstandresistance, the act of resisting; electrical...
2Danishmodståresist
3Danishståto stand; to be, appear; standstill, halt
4Old Danishstaa
5EnglishstarAny small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless...
6Middle Englishsterrestar
7Old Englishsteorrastar
8Proto-West Germanicsterrō
9Proto-Germanicsternôstar
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Danish erstatning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisherstatningsubstitute, replacement
2Danisherstattereplace, substitute
3Germanerstattento reimburse, to refund; to grant, to administer,...
4Middle High Germanerstaten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗrEvery word from Proto-Germanic sternô
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