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Where does “underrätta” come from?

underrätta (Swedish) comes from Swedish råtta, from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

underrätta (Swedish): to inform

Definitions

  1. to inform

Ancestry of “underrätta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishråttarat; an omnivorous rodent of the genus "Rattus"
2Swedishrättright, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,...
3Middle Low Germanrât—
4Old Saxonrāt—
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “underrätta”

  • underrättelse
  • underrättelsetjänst
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