Where does “hemligstämpling” come from?

hemligstämpling (Swedish) comes from Swedish hemligstämpla, from Swedish hemlig, from Old Swedish hemeliker, from Old Norse heimiligr, from Middle Low German heimelik, from Old Saxon *hēmlīk, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk, from Proto-Germanic haimaz — to be lying down; to settle.

hemligstämpling (Swedish): classification the process of declaring certain documents to be secret

Definitions

  1. classification the process of declaring certain documents to be secret

Ancestry of “hemligstämpling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhemligstämplaclassify declare secret
2Swedishhemligsecret
3Old Swedishhemeliker—
4Old Norseheimiligr—
5Middle Low Germanheimelik—
6Old Saxon*hēmlīk—
7Proto-West Germanic*haimalīkhomely, homey, domestic
8Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haimaz →