Where does “atombombning” come from?
atombombning (Swedish) comes from Swedish atombomba, from Swedish bomba, from Swedish -a, from Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
atombombning (Swedish): nuking, nuclear bombing, nuclear attack
Definitions
- nuking, nuclear bombing, nuclear attack
Ancestry of “atombombning”, step by step
atombombning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish atombomba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | atombomba | to nuke, to attack with atom bombs |
| 2 | Swedish | bomba | to bomb |
| 3 | Swedish | -a | Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -a | Creates denominative verbs from nouns |
| 5 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish ning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ning | — |