Where does “underrättelsetjänst” come from?
underrättelsetjänst (Swedish) comes from Swedish underrättelse, from Swedish underrätta, from Swedish råtta, from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz — to fit, to fix, to put together.
underrättelsetjänst (Swedish): an intelligence agency
Definitions
- an intelligence agency
Ancestry of “underrättelsetjänst”, step by step
underrättelsetjänst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish underrättelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | underrättelse | information, intelligence, communication |
| 2 | Swedish | underrätta | to inform |
| 3 | Swedish | råtta | rat; an omnivorous rodent of the genus "Rattus" |
| 4 | Swedish | rätt | right, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | rât | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | rāt | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish tjänst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tjänst | a service; a position, a job, an employment,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | thienst | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |