Where does “storleksordning” come from?
storleksordning (Swedish) comes from Swedish storlek, 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;...
storleksordning (Swedish): order of magnitude, factor of ten
Definitions
- order of magnitude, factor of ten
Ancestry of “storleksordning”, step by step
storleksordning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish storlek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | storlek | size |
| 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;... |