Where does “storslagenhet” come from?
storslagenhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish storslagen, 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;...
storslagenhet (Swedish): grandness, grandeur, magnificence
Definitions
- grandness, grandeur, magnificence
Ancestry of “storslagenhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | storslagen | grand, magnificent |
| 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;... |