Where does “försoningsoffer” come from?
försoningsoffer (Swedish) comes from Swedish offer, from Old Norse offr, from Middle Low German offer, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
försoningsoffer (Swedish): atoning sacrifice
Definitions
- atoning sacrifice
Ancestry of “försoningsoffer”, step by step
försoningsoffer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish offer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | offer | sacrifice; victim |
| 2 | Old Norse | offr | an offering |
| 3 | Middle Low German | offer | — |
| 4 | Latin | offerō | to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Swedish försoning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | försoning | reconciliation, atonement |
| 2 | Swedish | försona | to reconcile, to redeem |
| 3 | Swedish | för- | fore-, at the front, before; related to German... |
| 4 | Old Norse | for- | for; fore- |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 6 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |