Where does “undtagelsestilstand” come from?

undtagelsestilstand (Danish) comes from Danish tilstand, from Danish tilstå, from Middle Low German tostan.

undtagelsestilstand (Danish): martial law

Definitions

  1. martial law

Ancestry of “undtagelsestilstand”, step by step

undtagelsestilstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tilstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtilstandstate; condition
2Danishtilståto admit, confess
3Middle Low Germantostan—

via Danish undtagelse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishundtagelseexception
Every word from Middle Low German tostan →Every word from Danish tilstå →Every word from Danish tilstand →