Where does “telegrafstyrelse” come from?

telegrafstyrelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish styrelse, from Old Swedish [[styrilse]].

telegrafstyrelse (Swedish): a telegraph board; the board of directors and...

Definitions

  1. a telegraph board; the board of directors and...

Ancestry of “telegrafstyrelse”, step by step

telegrafstyrelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish styrelse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstyrelsecouncil; board; a committee
2Old Swedish[[styrilse]]—

via Swedish telegraf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtelegraftelegraph
Every word from Old Swedish [[styrilse]] →Every word from Swedish styrelse →