Where does “rätts- och expeditionschef” come from?

rätts- och expeditionschef (Swedish) comes from Swedish chef, from French chef, from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.

rätts- och expeditionschef (Swedish): a director-general for administrative and legal affairs

Definitions

  1. a director-general for administrative and legal affairs

Ancestry of “rätts- och expeditionschef”, step by step

rätts- och expeditionschef traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish chef

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishchefA boss; person in charge, person who directly...
2Frenchchefhead; article, principal point; principal motive,...
3Middle Frenchchiefhead
4Old Frenchchiefhead; leader, chief; front
5Vulgar Latincapumhead, chief; head
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Swedish rätt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrättright, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,...
2Middle Low Germanrât
3Old Saxonrāt
4Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
5Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Swedish expedition

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishexpeditionan expedition, a journey, a mission; an office
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput