Where does “chefsåklagare” come from?
chefsåklagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish åklagare, from Swedish åklaga, from Swedish klaga, from Old Swedish klagha, from Middle Low German klagen, from Old Saxon klagon, from Proto-Germanic klagōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
chefsåklagare (Swedish): a chief district prosecutor
Definitions
- a chief district prosecutor
Ancestry of “chefsåklagare”, step by step
chefsåklagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish åklagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åklagare | a prosecutor |
| 2 | Swedish | åklaga | to prosecute |
| 3 | Swedish | klaga | to complain; to whine or to protest against; to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | klagha | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | klagen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | klagon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klagōną | to wail, to yammer, to lament; to complain |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish chef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | chef | A boss; person in charge, person who directly... |
| 2 | French | chef | head; article, principal point; principal motive,... |
| 3 | Middle French | chief | head |
| 4 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |