Where does “krigsskådeplats” come from?

krigsskådeplats (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.

krigsskådeplats (Swedish): theatre of war

Definitions

  1. theatre of war

Ancestry of “krigsskådeplats”, step by step

krigsskådeplats 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 skådeplats

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskådeplatsa theatre, a stage
2Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
3Old Swedishplatz
4Old Norseplaz
5Middle Low Germanplatse
6Latinplatēabroad way, street
7Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
8Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti
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