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
- theatre of war
Ancestry of “krigsskådeplats”, step by step
krigsskådeplats 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 skådeplats
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skådeplats | a theatre, a stage |
| 2 | Swedish | plats | place; any geographical position a little larger... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | platz | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 6 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |