Where does “gruppvåldtäkt” come from?
gruppvåldtäkt (Swedish) comes from Swedish våldtäkt, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- — to touch.
gruppvåldtäkt (Swedish): gang rape
Definitions
- gang rape
Ancestry of “gruppvåldtäkt”, step by step
gruppvåldtäkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish våldtäkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | våldtäkt | a rape |
| 2 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 3 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 4 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 5 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 6 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |
via Swedish grupp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | grupp | group |
| 2 | French | groupe | group |
| 3 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 5 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |