Where does “granattillsats” come from?
granattillsats (Swedish) comes from Swedish tillsats, from Swedish sats, from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
granattillsats (Swedish): a grenade launcher (as an attachment to a weapon)
Definitions
- a grenade launcher (as an attachment to a weapon)
Ancestry of “granattillsats”, step by step
granattillsats traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tillsats
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tillsats | an additive, an ingredient or component |
| 2 | Swedish | sats | theorem, proposition; the preparing movements... |
| 3 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 4 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 6 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Swedish granat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | granat | a pomegranate; a garnet, a group of minerals with... |