Where does “skickelsediger” come from?

skickelsediger (Swedish) comes from Swedish skickelse, from Swedish -else, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

skickelsediger (Swedish): fateful, significant, important

Definitions

  1. fateful, significant, important

Ancestry of “skickelsediger”, step by step

skickelsediger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skickelse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskickelsefate
2Swedish-elsecreating nouns from verbs
3Old Saxon-isli
4Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
5Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Swedish diger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdigerthick, extensive, voluminous
2Old Swedishdigherthick
3Old Norsedigr
4Proto-Germanicdigrazbig, great, thick
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Swedish -else
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