Where does “millennieskifte” come from?

millennieskifte (Swedish) comes from Swedish skifte — change, changeover; distribution, partition.

millennieskifte (Swedish): A turn of the millennium

Definitions

  1. A turn of the millennium

Ancestry of “millennieskifte”, step by step

millennieskifte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skifte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskiftechange, changeover; distribution, partition

via Swedish millennium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmillenniuma millennium, a period of one thousand years
Every word from Swedish skifte