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.
skadeersättning (Swedish): compensation for damages
Definitions
- compensation for damages
Ancestry of “skadeersättning”, step by step
skadeersättning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ersättning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 2 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 3 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 4 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |