Where does “Scandiknavery” come from?
Scandiknavery (English) comes from English knavery, from English -ery, from French -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.
Scandiknavery (English): Duplicity by Scandinavians
Definitions
- Duplicity by Scandinavians
Ancestry of “Scandiknavery”, step by step
Scandiknavery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English knavery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knavery | The tricks or antics of a knave; boyish mischief;... |
| 2 | English | -ery | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning the... |
| 3 | French | -erie | denoting a shop selling a certain product;... |
| 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 |
via English Scandinavian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Scandinavian | Someone from Scandinavia; Of Scandinavia; Of the... |
| 2 | English | scandinavia | — |
| 3 | Latin | Scandināvia | a large and fertile island in Northern Europe, perhaps Zealand or Scania |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Skadinawjō | Scania |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |