Where does “avrättningsplats” come from?
avrättningsplats (Swedish) comes from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.
avrättningsplats (Swedish): place of execution
Definitions
- place of execution
Ancestry of “avrättningsplats”, step by step
avrättningsplats traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish plats
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | plats | place; any geographical position a little larger... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | platz | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 5 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Swedish avrättning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | avrättning | execution (event or act of putting someone who can not reasonably defend themselves to death (as punishment)) |
| 2 | Swedish | avrätta | to execute, put to death |
| 3 | Old Swedish | rætta | to straighten, make straight; to raise; to... |
| 4 | Old Norse | rétta | to make straight, straighten; to stretch out,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |