Where does “krigsrätt” come from?
krigsrätt (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.
krigsrätt (Swedish): laws of war; martial law; a court martial
Definitions
- laws of war; martial law; a court martial
Ancestry of “krigsrätt”, step by step
krigsrätt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | krig | war |
| 2 | Swedish | skadeersättning | compensation for damages |
| 3 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 4 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 5 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 6 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Swedish rätt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rätt | right, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rât | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | rāt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |