Where does “voldtægt” come from?

voldtægt (Danish) comes from Danish vold, from Middle Low German wal, from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

voldtægt (Danish): rape

Definitions

  1. rape

Ancestry of “voldtægt”, step by step

voldtægt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish vold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvoldviolence; force; assault and battery
2Middle Low Germanwal—
3Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
4Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

via Old Danish waldtækt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishwaldtæktrape
2Old Danishwaldforce, violence
3Old Norsevald—
4Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “voldtægt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latin vallum →Every word from Proto-Germanic wallaz →