Where does “nollställa” come from?

nollställa (Swedish) comes from Swedish ställa, from Old Swedish stælla, from Middle Low German stellen, from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

nollställa (Swedish): reset

Definitions

  1. reset

Ancestry of “nollställa”, step by step

nollställa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ställa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishställato set; to put something down in an upright...
2Old Swedishstællato place upright somewhere
3Middle Low Germanstellen—
4Old Saxonstellianto place
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Swedish noll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnollzero
2Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
3Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “nollställa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Old Saxon stellian →