Where does “dekkari” come from?
dekkari (Finnish) comes from Swedish deckare, from Swedish detektiv, from English detective, from English detect, from Latin detectus, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
dekkari (Finnish): whodunit, detective story; detective
Definitions
- whodunit, detective story; detective
Ancestry of “dekkari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | deckare | a crime novel, a whodunit; a detective, a crime... |
| 2 | Swedish | detektiv | detective |
| 3 | English | detective | A police officer who looks for evidence as part... |
| 4 | English | detect | to discover or find by careful search,... |
| 5 | Latin | detectus | uncovered, revealed, disclosed |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |