Where does “kvaksalver” come from?
kvaksalver (Danish) comes from Dutch kwakzalver, from Dutch kwakzalven, from Dutch zalven, from Middle Dutch salven, from Old Dutch salvon, from Old Saxon salbon, from Proto-Germanic salbōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
kvaksalver (Danish): a quack
Definitions
- a quack
Ancestry of “kvaksalver”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kwakzalver | A quacksalver, fake healer; A swindler, cheater,... |
| 2 | Dutch | kwakzalven | — |
| 3 | Dutch | zalven | to anoint |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | salven | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | salvon | to anoint |
| 6 | Old Saxon | salbon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | salbōną | to salve, to anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |