Where does “krigsförbrytare” come from?

krigsförbrytare (Swedish) comes from Swedish krig, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

krigsförbrytare (Swedish): war criminal

Definitions

  1. war criminal

Ancestry of “krigsförbrytare”, step by step

krigsförbrytare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish krig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkrigwar
2Swedishskadeersättningcompensation for damages
3Swedishersättninga replacement; a compensation, a payment
4Swedishersättareplace
5Germanersetzento replace, to substitute
6Middle High Germanersetzen
7Old High Germanirsezzen
8Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan
9Proto-Germanic*sattjan
10Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
11Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
12Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
13Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Swedish förbrytare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförbrytarefelon, criminal
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “krigsförbrytare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti