Where does “maktstruktur” come from?

maktstruktur (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk makt, from Old Norse makt, from Middle Low German macht, from Old Saxon maht, from Proto-West Germanic mahti, from Proto-Germanic mahtiz, from Proto-Germanic mahtuz, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis — to be able.

maktstruktur (Norwegian Nynorsk): power structure

Definitions

  1. power structure

Ancestry of “maktstruktur”, step by step

maktstruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk makt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmaktpower; force; imperative of makte
2Old Norsemakt
3Middle Low Germanmacht
4Old Saxonmahtmight
5Proto-West Germanicmahtimight, power
6Proto-Germanicmahtizpower, ability; strength, force
7Proto-Germanicmahtuzmight, power
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Norwegian Nynorsk struktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskstrukturstructure
2Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
3Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
4Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Germanic mahtuz