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
Definitions
- mass destruction
Ancestry of “massförstörelse”, step by step
massförstörelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förstörelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (also budskap) |
| 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 |
via Swedish mässa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mässa | a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |