Where does “skilsmässa” come from?
skilsmässa (Swedish) comes from Swedish mässa, from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
skilsmässa (Swedish): a divorce
Definitions
- a divorce
Ancestry of “skilsmässa”, step by step
skilsmässa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mässa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mässa | a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via Swedish skilja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skilja | to separate; to cause to be separate; to... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | skilia | to divide, to separate; to discern, to... |
| 3 | Old Norse | skilja | to part, divide, separate; to break off, break... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |