Where does “krigsforbrytelse” come from?
krigsforbrytelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish krig, from Swedish skadeersättning, from Swedish ersättning, from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen, from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
krigsforbrytelse (Norwegian Bokmål): a war crime
Definitions
- a war crime
Ancestry of “krigsforbrytelse”, step by step
krigsforbrytelse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | krig | war |
| 2 | Swedish | skadeersättning | compensation for damages |
| 3 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 4 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 5 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 6 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål forbrytelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forbrytelse | forfeiture; misdemeanour; crime |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 3 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 4 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Norwegian Bokmål krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krig | war |