Where does “ställa mot väggen” come from?

ställa mot väggen (Swedish) comes from Swedish ställa, from Old Swedish stælla, from Middle Low German stellen, from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

ställa mot väggen (Swedish): to confront someone, to demand answers or action

Definitions

  1. to confront someone, to demand answers or action

Ancestry of “ställa mot väggen”, step by step

ställa mot väggen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ställa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishställato set; to put something down in an upright...
2Old Swedishstællato place upright somewhere
3Middle Low Germanstellen—
4Old Saxonstellianto place
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Swedish mot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmotinterchange; a large junction where two or more...
2Old Norsemótmeeting; town-meeting; joint, juncture
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
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