Where does “krig” come from?
krig (Swedish) comes from Swedish skadeersättning, from Swedish ersättning, from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen, from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan, from Proto-Germanic *sattjan — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
krig (Swedish): war
Definitions
- war
Ancestry of “krig”, step by step
krig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skadeersättning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skadeersättning | compensation for damages |
| 2 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 3 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 4 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 5 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Middle Low German krîch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | krîch | battle; war; fight |
| 2 | Old Saxon | krīg | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |