Where does “efterträdare” come from?
efterträdare (Swedish) comes from Swedish efterträda, from Swedish träda, from Middle Low German treden, from Old Saxon tredan, from Proto-West Germanic tredan, from Proto-Germanic trudaną, from Proto-Indo-European dreu- — tree; firm, solid, steadfast.
efterträdare (Swedish): successor; a person or thing that immediately...
Definitions
- successor; a person or thing that immediately...
Ancestry of “efterträdare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | efterträda | to succeed |
| 2 | Swedish | träda | fallow; to tread, to walk, to step; to thread ,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | treden | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | tredan | to tread |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tredan | to tread |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trudaną | to tread, to step on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dreu- | tree; firm, solid, steadfast |