Where does “återupprätta” come from?
återupprätta (Swedish) comes from Swedish upprätta, from Swedish råtta, from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos — to fit, to fix, to put together.
återupprätta (Swedish): to restore, to re-establish (something that has been lost or gone away)
Definitions
- to restore, to re-establish (something that has been lost or gone away)
Ancestry of “återupprätta”, step by step
återupprätta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish upprätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | upprätta | to raise, to erect; to institute; to set up, to... |
| 2 | Swedish | råtta | rat; an omnivorous rodent of the genus "Rattus" |
| 3 | Swedish | rätt | right, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | rât | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | rāt | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish åter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åter | again; back |
| 2 | Old Swedish | āter | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | aptr | back; again |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | aftrą | back, backwards; again, once more |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |