Where does “fängelsestraff” come from?
fängelsestraff (Swedish) comes from Swedish straff, from Middle Low German straffen, from Proto-Germanic *strēpōn.
fängelsestraff (Swedish): imprisonment
Ancestry of “fängelsestraff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | straff | a punishment, a penalty n; sentence n; penalty... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | straffen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *strēpōn | — |