Where does “stormakt” come from?
stormakt (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.
stormakt (Swedish): a great power, a superpower
Definitions
- a great power, a superpower
Ancestry of “stormakt”, step by step
stormakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stor | big, large; of large size; great, grand, very... |
| 2 | Swedish | krig | war |
| 3 | Swedish | skadeersättning | compensation for damages |
| 4 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 5 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 6 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 7 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 8 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Swedish makt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | makt | power, influence; a power |
| 2 | Old Norse | makt | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | macht | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | maht | might |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |