Where does “totalspråksordbok” come from?

totalspråksordbok (Swedish) comes from Swedish total, from German total, from French total, from Middle French total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot — this; that.

totalspråksordbok (Swedish): a dictionary of the whole language

Definitions

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Ancestry of “totalspråksordbok”, step by step

totalspråksordbok traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish total

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtotaltotal
2Germantotaltotal, absolute, complete, utter not used in the sense of “entire”
3Frenchtotaltotal; perfect
4Middle Frenchtotal—
5Old Frenchtotal—
6Medieval Latintotalistotal
7Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
8Latintotso many
9Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
10Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Swedish ordbok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishordboka dictionary
2Swedishordword; A distinct unit of language with a...
3Old Swedishorþword
4Old Norseorðword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Swedish språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspråklanguage
2Old Swedishsprak—
3Middle Low Germansprāke—
4Old Saxonsprākaspeech
5Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →