Where does “återfallsförbrytare” come from?

återfallsförbrytare (Swedish) comes from Swedish återfall, from Swedish återfalla, from Swedish fälla, from Old Swedish fælla, from Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl- — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.

återfallsförbrytare (Swedish): repeat offender

Definitions

  1. repeat offender

Ancestry of “återfallsförbrytare”, step by step

återfallsförbrytare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish återfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishåterfallrelapse
2Swedishåterfallarelapse
3Swedishfällatrap; to fell; to make something fall; to fell;...
4Old Swedishfællato fell, cause to fall; to neglect; to prevent
5Old Norsefella
6Proto-Germanicfallijanąto cause to fall, to fell
7Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
9Slovincianpólhalf
10Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
11Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate

via Swedish förbrytare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförbrytarefelon, criminal
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelH-Every word from Proto-Slavic polъEvery word from Slovincian pól
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