Where does “robotanfall” come from?

robotanfall (Swedish) comes from Swedish robot, from Czech robot, from Czech robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic orbòta, from Proto-Slavic orbъ, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

robotanfall (Swedish): missile attack

Definitions

  1. missile attack

Ancestry of “robotanfall”, step by step

robotanfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish robot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrobotrobot; missile
2Czechrobotrobot in humanoid form
3Czechrobotaserfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;...
4Old Czechrobotaservitude, enslavement
5Proto-Slavicorbòtawork
6Proto-Slavicorbъservant, slave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

via Swedish anfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishanfallattack
2Old Swedishanfal
3Middle Low GermananvalAlternative form of aneval
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-
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