Where does “dokumentförstörare” come from?
dokumentförstörare (Swedish) comes from Swedish förstöra, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną — to give.
dokumentförstörare (Swedish): paper shredder
Definitions
- paper shredder
Ancestry of “dokumentförstörare”, step by step
dokumentförstörare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förstöra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förstöra | to break, to demolish; to make something cease... |
| 2 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 3 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 4 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 5 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 7 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
via Swedish dokument
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dokument | a document |
| 2 | German | Dokument | document |
| 3 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |