Where does “utmattningskrig” come from?
utmattningskrig (Swedish) comes from Swedish utmattning, from Swedish utmatta, from Swedish ut, from Swedish tåla, from Samoan tālā, from English Dollar, from Dutch dollar, from English dollar — end.
utmattningskrig (Swedish): war of attrition
Definitions
- war of attrition
Ancestry of “utmattningskrig”, step by step
utmattningskrig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish utmattning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | utmattning | fatigue, exhaustion |
| 2 | Swedish | utmatta | exhaust, wear out |
| 3 | Swedish | ut | out; get out!; from a certain point within a... |
| 4 | Swedish | tåla | to endure, to suffer, to take, to stand, to... |
| 5 | Samoan | tālā | the currency of Samoa; tala; dollar |
| 6 | English | Dollar | OS grid ref NS9698 |
| 7 | Dutch | dollar | dollar currency, especially the US dollar |
| 8 | English | dollar | Official designation for currency in some parts... |
| 9 | Dutch | daler | One who descends, one who goes down; Superseded... |
| 10 | Dutch | dalen | to descend; to decrease, to drop; plural of dal |
| 11 | Dutch | end | end; travel distance; a short length of something |
| 12 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 13 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
via Swedish krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | krig | war |
| 2 | Swedish | skadeersättning | compensation for damages |
| 3 | Swedish | ersättning | a replacement; a compensation, a payment |
| 4 | Swedish | ersätta | replace |
| 5 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 6 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |