Where does “uafhængighedskrig” come from?
uafhængighedskrig (Danish) comes from Danish uafhængighed, from Danish uafhængig, from Danish afhængig, from Danish afhænge, from German abhängen, from German hängen, from Middle High German hangen, from Old High German hangen — to hang.
uafhængighedskrig (Danish): independence war; war for independence
Definitions
- independence war; war for independence
Ancestry of “uafhængighedskrig”, step by step
uafhængighedskrig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish uafhængighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | uafhængighed | independence |
| 2 | Danish | uafhængig | independent |
| 3 | Danish | afhængig | addicted; dependent |
| 4 | Danish | afhænge | to depend |
| 5 | German | abhängen | to depend; to hang out; to take down |
| 6 | German | hängen | to hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to... |
| 7 | Middle High German | hangen | — |
| 8 | Old High German | hangen | to hang |
| 9 | West Germanic | *hangēn | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hangāną | to hang, to be suspended |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱenk- | to hang |
via Danish krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | krig | war |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krîch | battle; war; fight |
| 3 | Old Saxon | krīg | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |