Where does “storhetsvansinnig” come from?
storhetsvansinnig (Swedish) comes from Swedish storhet, from Swedish stor, from Swedish krig, from Swedish skadeersättning, from Swedish ersättning, from Swedish ersätta, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen — Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
storhetsvansinnig (Swedish): megalomaniac
Definitions
- megalomaniac
Ancestry of “storhetsvansinnig”, step by step
storhetsvansinnig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish storhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | storhet | greatness; a quantity, a property |
| 2 | Swedish | stor | big, large; of large size; great, grand, very... |
| 3 | Swedish | krig | war |
| 4 | Swedish | skadeersättning | compensation for damages |
| 5 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 6 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 7 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 8 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 9 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
via Swedish vansinnig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vansinnig | mad, insane |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vansinnogher | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | wansinnich | — |