Where does “riksåklagare” come from?
riksåklagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish åklagare, from Swedish åklaga, from Swedish klaga, from Old Swedish klagha, from Middle Low German klagen, from Old Saxon klagon, from Proto-Germanic klagōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
riksåklagare (Swedish): a prosecutor-general
Definitions
- a prosecutor-general
Ancestry of “riksåklagare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åklagare | a prosecutor |
| 2 | Swedish | åklaga | to prosecute |
| 3 | Swedish | klaga | to complain; to whine or to protest against; to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | klagha | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | klagen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | klagon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klagōną | to wail, to yammer, to lament; to complain |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |