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

ersättning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ersätta

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

via Swedish ning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishning

Words derived from “ersättning

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti