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Where does “skadeersättning” come from?

skadeersättning (Swedish) comes from Swedish ersättning, from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen, from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan, from Proto-Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “skadeersättning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishersättninga replacement; a compensation, a payment
2Swedishersättareplace
3Germanersetzento replace, to substitute
4Middle High Germanersetzen—
5Old High Germanirsezzen—
6Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan—
7Proto-Germanic*sattjan—
8Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
9Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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