Where does “oskadliggöra” come from?
oskadliggöra (Swedish) comes from Swedish göra, from Old Swedish gøra, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
oskadliggöra (Swedish): to render harmless or innocuous; to neutralize (a poison), to disarm (an explosive mine), to put (a weapon) out of action, to put (a criminal) out of the way of doing harm
Definitions
- to render harmless or innocuous; to neutralize (a poison), to disarm (an explosive mine), to put (a weapon) out of action, to put (a criminal) out of the way of doing harm
Ancestry of “oskadliggöra”, step by step
oskadliggöra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish göra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | göra | work, task; to do; to make, to produce, to create |
| 2 | Old Swedish | gøra | to do, make |
| 3 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish oskadlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | oskadlig | harmless, innocuous |
| 2 | Swedish | skadlig | harmful |
| 3 | Swedish | -lig | -ly, -like; forms adjectives |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -līker | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |