Where does “storstadsfenomen” come from?
storstadsfenomen (Swedish) comes from Swedish storstad, 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;...
storstadsfenomen (Swedish): big city phenomenon
Definitions
- big city phenomenon
Ancestry of “storstadsfenomen”, step by step
storstadsfenomen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish storstad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | storstad | metropolis; large, busy city |
| 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 fenomen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fenomen | a phenomenon |