Where does “härskarteknik” come from?

härskarteknik (Swedish) comes from Swedish teknik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

härskarteknik (Swedish): A master suppression technique; a domination technique; a set of strategies of social manipulation to indirectly suppress and humiliate others in order to keep dominance within a group

Definitions

  1. A master suppression technique; a domination technique; a set of strategies of social manipulation to indirectly suppress and humiliate others in order to keep dominance within a group

Ancestry of “härskarteknik”, step by step

härskarteknik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish teknik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishteknika technique; technology
2Frenchtechniquetechnical; technique, technology
3Latintechnicustechnical
4Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
5Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Swedish härska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhärskato rule; to reign
2Germanherrschento rule, to reign, to have dominion; to prevail,...
3Middle High Germanhērschen
4Old High Germanhērisōn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω