Where does “tätbefolkad” come from?

tätbefolkad (Swedish) comes from Swedish tät, from French tête, from Middle French teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis, from Latin terstis, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s — to stand.

tätbefolkad (Swedish): densely populated

Definitions

  1. densely populated

Ancestry of “tätbefolkad”, step by step

tätbefolkad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtätdense, thick "or" crowded; dense; compact;...
2Frenchtêtehead; header; a bright spark, a quick study
3Middle Frenchtestehead
4Old Frenchtestehead
5Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
6Latinterstis
7Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
8Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Swedish befolkad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbefolkad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis