Where does “masseødelæggelsesvåben” come from?
masseødelæggelsesvåben (Danish) comes from Danish ødelæggelse, from Danish ødelægge, from Danish øde, from Old Norse eyða, from Proto-Germanic auþijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
masseødelæggelsesvåben (Danish): weapon of mass destruction
Definitions
- weapon of mass destruction
Ancestry of “masseødelæggelsesvåben”, step by step
masseødelæggelsesvåben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish ødelæggelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ødelæggelse | devastation, destruction, ruin |
| 2 | Danish | ødelægge | to destroy; to ruin |
| 3 | Danish | øde | desolate, deserted; waste, wilderness; to waste |
| 4 | Old Norse | eyða | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | auþijaną | to make empty; to desolate |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |