Where does “stormästare” come from?

stormästare (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.

stormästare (Swedish): Grand Master; the leader of certain orders

Definitions

  1. Grand Master; the leader of certain orders

Ancestry of “stormästare”, step by step

stormästare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstorbig, large; of large size; great, grand, very...
2Swedishkrigwar
3Swedishskadeersättningcompensation for damages
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

via Swedish mästare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmästarea master; a champion
2Old Swedishmæstare
3Old Norsemeistari
4Middle Low Germanmeister
5Old Saxonmēstar
6Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
7Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
8Proto-Italicmagisterosbigger, greater
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti