Where does “författningsdomstol” come from?

författningsdomstol (Swedish) comes from Swedish författning, from Swedish författa, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

författningsdomstol (Swedish): constitutional court

Definitions

  1. constitutional court

Ancestry of “författningsdomstol”, step by step

författningsdomstol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish författning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförfattninga legal code, a law
2Swedishförfattato author, to write
3Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
4Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
5Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Swedish domstol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdomstola court of law, a court of justice
2Icelandicdómstóllcourt, court of law
3Proto-Germanic*dōmastōlazcourt of law, tribunal
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Swedish -are