Where does “sædelighedsforbrydelse” come from?
sædelighedsforbrydelse (Danish) comes from Danish sædelighed, from Danish -hed, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
sædelighedsforbrydelse (Danish): a crime of a sexual nature
Definitions
- a crime of a sexual nature
Ancestry of “sædelighedsforbrydelse”, step by step
sædelighedsforbrydelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish sædelighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sædelighed | morality |
| 2 | Danish | -hed | function is similar to -ty and -ness |
| 3 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
via Danish forbrydelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | forbrydelse | crime, felony |
| 2 | Danish | Else | — |
| 3 | Danish | Elisabeth | Elizabeth biblical figure |