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Where does “tillfredsställa” come from?

tillfredsställa (Swedish) comes from Swedish ställa, from Old Swedish stælla, from Middle Low German stellen, from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

tillfredsställa (Swedish): satisfy

Definitions

  1. satisfy

Ancestry of “tillfredsställa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishställato set; to put something down in an upright...
2Old Swedishstælla—
3Middle Low Germanstellen—
4Old Saxonstellianto place
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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