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
- nolle prosequi, waiver of prosecution
Ancestry of “åtalseftergift”, step by step
åtalseftergift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish åtal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åtal | a prosecution, an indictment, a legal process |
| 2 | Swedish | å- | on |
| 3 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 4 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 7 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |
via Swedish eftergift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | eftergift | concession a partial yielding to demands or requests |
| 2 | Swedish | gift | poison; venom; virus; toxin; married |
| 3 | German | gift | poison; toxin; venom |
| 4 | Middle High German | gift | gift, something given |
| 5 | Old High German | gift | gift |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gifti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | giftiz | giving, gift |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |