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
- crofter; By extension, any person who is in a...
Ancestry of “torppari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | torpare | one who lives in a "torp", a small cottage,... |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |
Words derived from “torppari”