Where does “restavfall” come from?
restavfall (Swedish) comes from Swedish rest, from French reste, from Middle French reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
restavfall (Swedish): burnable residual waste; waste materials that are not dangerous but cannot be recycled in any way other than through incineration
Definitions
- burnable residual waste; waste materials that are not dangerous but cannot be recycled in any way other than through incineration
Ancestry of “restavfall”, step by step
restavfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rest | remainder, rest; remainder; leftover |
| 2 | French | reste | rest, remainder; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | reste | — |
| 4 | Old French | reste | — |
| 5 | Old French | rester | to stay; to rest; to remain, be left over |
| 6 | Latin | restō | to stand firm; to stay behind |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Swedish avfall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | avfall | waste, refuse, garbage |
| 2 | Swedish | fäll | skin, hide, pelt |
| 3 | Old Norse | fall | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 7 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |