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
Ancestry of “underrättelsetjänst”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |