Where does “smugdrikkeri” come from?
smugdrikkeri (Danish) comes from Danish drikkeri, from Danish -eri, from Low German -erie, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
smugdrikkeri (Danish): act of drinking without anyone noticing
Definitions
- act of drinking without anyone noticing
Ancestry of “smugdrikkeri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | drikkeri | — |
| 2 | Danish | -eri | act of ing, -ing; -ery, business where ing is... |
| 3 | Low German | -erie | — |
| 4 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |