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Where does “barnstorlek” come from?

barnstorlek (Swedish) comes from Swedish storlek, from Swedish stor, from Swedish krig, from Swedish skadeersättning, from Swedish ersättning, from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen — Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...

barnstorlek (Swedish): child size

Definitions

  1. child size

Ancestry of “barnstorlek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstorleksize
2Swedishstorbig, large; of large size; great, grand, very...
3Swedishkrigwar
4Swedishskadeersättning—
5Swedishersättninga replacement; a compensation, a payment
6Swedishersättareplace
7Germanersetzento replace, to substitute
8Middle High Germanersetzen—
9Old High Germanirsezzen—
10Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan—
11Proto-Germanic*sattjan—
12Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
13Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
14Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
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