Where does “massförstörelse” come from?
massförstörelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish förstörelse, from Swedish förstöra, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa — to give.
massförstörelse (Swedish): mass destruction
Ancestry of “massförstörelse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | förstörelse | destruction, ruin |
| 2 | Swedish | förstöra | to break, to demolish; to make something cease... |
| 3 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 4 | Swedish | bud | a message; a commandment , a rule that must be... |
| 5 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 6 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 8 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
Words derived from “massförstörelse”