Where does “totalskade” come from?

totalskade (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål total, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

totalskade (Norwegian Bokmål): to destroy completely / totally

Definitions

  1. to destroy completely / totally

Ancestry of “totalskade”, step by step

totalskade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål total

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltotaltotal
2Medieval Latintotalistotal
3Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
4Latintotso many
5Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Norwegian Bokmål skade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskadedamage; harm; injury
2Old Norseskaðato hurt
3Proto-Germanicskaþōnąto injure, harm, damage
4Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
5Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →