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
Ancestry of “krig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | skadeersättning | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “krig”