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Where does “torppari” come from?

torppari (Finnish) comes from Swedish torpare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

torppari (Finnish): crofter; By extension, any person who is in a...

Definitions

  1. crofter; By extension, any person who is in a...

Ancestry of “torppari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtorpareone who lives in a "torp", a small cottage,...
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-are—
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “torppari”

  • torpparius
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →