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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

  1. act of drinking without anyone noticing

Ancestry of “smugdrikkeri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdrikkeri—
2Danish-eriact of ing, -ing; -ery, business where ing is...
3Low German-erie—
4Old French-erieused to form feminine nouns
5Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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