Where does “nedrustning” come from?
nedrustning (Danish) comes from Danish nedruste, from Danish ruste, from Middle Low German rusten, from Proto-West Germanic hrustijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
nedrustning (Danish): disarmament reduction in the number of weapons and armed forces a country has at its disposal in the event of war
Definitions
- disarmament reduction in the number of weapons and armed forces a country has at its disposal in the event of war
Ancestry of “nedrustning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | nedruste | disarm reduce the size of one's own military forces |
| 2 | Danish | ruste | to rust (to oxidise) |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rusten | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrustijan | to adorn, decorate; to equip |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 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 |