Where does “højredrejning” come from?
højredrejning (Danish) comes from Danish drejning, from Danish dreje, from Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
højredrejning (Danish): a shift to the right in some populace
Definitions
- a shift to the right in some populace
Ancestry of “højredrejning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | drejning | turn |
| 2 | Danish | dreje | to turn; to twist, twirl; to revolve, rotate,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | dreien | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | thrāian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrāan | to twist |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrēaną | to twist, to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |