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Where does “storhet” come from?

storhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish stor, from Swedish krig, from Swedish skadeersättning, from Swedish ersättning, from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

storhet (Swedish): greatness; a quantity, a property

Definitions

  1. greatness; a quantity, a property

Ancestry of “storhet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstorbig, large; of large size; great, grand, very...
2Swedishkrigwar
3Swedishskadeersättning—
4Swedishersättninga replacement; a compensation, a payment
5Swedishersättareplace
6Germanersetzento replace, to substitute
7Middle High Germanersetzen—
8Old High Germanirsezzen—
9Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan—
10Proto-Germanic*sattjan—
11Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
12Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
13Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
14Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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