Where does “statsåklagare” come from?
statsåklagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish åklagare, from Swedish åklaga, from Swedish klaga, from Old Swedish klagha, from Middle Low German klagen, from Old Saxon klagon, from Proto-Germanic klagōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
statsåklagare (Swedish): a regional prosecutor
Definitions
- a regional prosecutor
Ancestry of “statsåklagare”, step by step
statsåklagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish åklagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åklagare | a prosecutor |
| 2 | Swedish | åklaga | to prosecute |
| 3 | Swedish | klaga | to complain; to whine or to protest against; to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | klagha | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | klagen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | klagon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klagōną | to wail, to yammer, to lament; to complain |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish stat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stat | A state; a nation; A state; a government;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |