Where does “sprängstoff” come from?
sprängstoff (Swedish) comes from Swedish spränga, from Old Swedish sprængia, from Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic sprangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
sprängstoff (Swedish): explosive material
Definitions
- explosive material
Ancestry of “sprängstoff”, step by step
sprängstoff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish spränga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spränga | blow up; to destroy something through an... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sprængia | to cause to burst |
| 3 | Old Norse | sprengja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish stoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stoff | raw material |