Where does “zwijntjesjager” come from?

zwijntjesjager (Dutch) comes from Dutch Jager, from Middle Dutch jager, from Old Dutch jageri.

zwijntjesjager (Dutch): a bicycle thief

Definitions

  1. a bicycle thief

Ancestry of “zwijntjesjager”, step by step

zwijntjesjager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Jager

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchJagerOrion
2Middle Dutchjager—
3Old Dutchjageri—

via Dutch zwijntje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzwijntje
Every word from Old Dutch jageri →Every word from Middle Dutch jager →Every word from Dutch Jager →