Where does “åtalseftergift” come from?

åtalseftergift (Swedish) comes from Swedish åtal, from Swedish å-, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa — self (reflexive pronoun).

åtalseftergift (Swedish): nolle prosequi, waiver of prosecution

Definitions

  1. nolle prosequi, waiver of prosecution

Ancestry of “åtalseftergift”, step by step

åtalseftergift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish åtal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishåtala prosecution, an indictment, a legal process
2Swedishå-on
3Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
4Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
5Old Swedishock
6Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
7Old Norsesváso
8Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
9Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Swedish eftergift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedisheftergiftconcession a partial yielding to demands or requests
2Swedishgiftpoison; venom; virus; toxin; married
3Germangiftpoison; toxin; venom
4Middle High Germangiftgift, something given
5Old High Germangiftgift
6Proto-West Germanic*gifti
7Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
8Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēEvery word from Proto-Germanic swēEvery word from Proto-Germanic swa