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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrestremainder, rest; remainder; leftover
2Frenchresterest, remainder; first-person singular present...
3Middle Frenchreste
4Old Frenchreste
5Old Frenchresterto stay; to rest; to remain, be left over
6Latinrestōto stand firm; to stay behind
7Latinrĕ-back, backwards
8Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
9Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
10Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Swedish avfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishavfallwaste, refuse, garbage
2Swedishfällskin, hide, pelt
3Old Norsefall
4Old Norsefallato fall
5Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
7Slovincianpólhalf
8Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós