Where does “medlemsstat” come from?
medlemsstat (Swedish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål medlem, from German Mitglied, from German mit-, from German mit, from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
medlemsstat (Swedish): a member state
Definitions
- a member state
Ancestry of “medlemsstat”, step by step
medlemsstat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål medlem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | medlem | a member; element |
| 2 | German | Mitglied | member |
| 3 | German | mit- | a prefix of nearly unlimited productivity,... |
| 4 | German | mit | with; with, by; at |
| 5 | Middle High German | mite | — |
| 6 | Old High German | mit | with |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together; middle, mid |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |
via Swedish stat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stat | A state; a nation; A state; a government;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |