Where does “haleneger” come from?
haleneger (Danish) comes from Danish neger, from German neger, from German Näher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
haleneger (Danish): a person from a culture perceived as uncivilized...
Definitions
- a person from a culture perceived as uncivilized...
Ancestry of “haleneger”, step by step
haleneger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish neger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | neger | a dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or... |
| 2 | German | neger | broke, bankrupt |
| 3 | German | Näher | sewer |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Danish hale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hale | tail, brush, scut; bottom, fanny; haul, heave,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | hala | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | halen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | halōn | to get |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |