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Where does “dryckesoffer” come from?

dryckesoffer (Swedish) comes from Swedish offer, from Old Norse offr, from Middle Low German offer, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

dryckesoffer (Swedish): libation

Definitions

  1. libation

Ancestry of “dryckesoffer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishoffersacrifice; victim
2Old Norseoffran offering
3Middle Low Germanoffer—
4Latinofferō—
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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