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Where does “ersättning” come from?

ersättning (Swedish) comes from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen, from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan, from Proto-Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

ersättning (Swedish): a replacement; a compensation, a payment

Definitions

  1. a replacement; a compensation, a payment

Ancestry of “ersättning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishersättareplace
2Germanersetzento replace, to substitute
3Middle High Germanersetzen—
4Old High Germanirsezzen—
5Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan—
6Proto-Germanic*sattjan—
7Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
8Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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