Where does “stråtröveri” come from?
stråtröveri (Swedish) comes from Swedish röveri, from Swedish -eri, from Low German -erie, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
stråtröveri (Swedish): highway robbery
Definitions
- highway robbery
Ancestry of “stråtröveri”, step by step
stråtröveri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish röveri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | röveri | robbery |
| 2 | Swedish | -eri | -ery, making a business from a verb, e.g. baka →... |
| 3 | Low German | -erie | — |
| 4 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Swedish stråt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stråt | a path, a road, a route (path traveled, whether a road or path concretely or a travel route or the like) |