Where does “attackdykare” come from?
attackdykare (Swedish) comes from Swedish attack, from French attaque, from French attaquer, from Italian attaccare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
attackdykare (Swedish): frogman
Definitions
- frogman
Ancestry of “attackdykare”, step by step
attackdykare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish attack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | attack | attack; an attempt to cause damage; attack;... |
| 2 | French | attaque | attack; onset of a syllable; first-person... |
| 3 | French | attaquer | to attack |
| 4 | Italian | attaccare | to stick, attach, append; to attack |
| 5 | Italian | a- | ad-; a- |
| 6 | Italian | staccare | to remove, take or take down; to tear out; to... |
| 7 | Italian | distaccare | to separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to... |
| 8 | Middle French | destacher | to detach; to separate |
| 9 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 10 | Old French | atachier | to attach |
| 11 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 12 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 14 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Swedish dykare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dykare | a diver; someone who dives; a diving beetle, an... |
| 2 | Swedish | dyka | to dive |
| 3 | Old Czech | déka | dagger stabbing weapon |
| 4 | Middle High German | degen | a warrior, a hero, a knight |
| 5 | Old French | dague | — |
| 6 | Italian | daga | dagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | daca | Dacian knife; Dacian |
| 8 | Latin | Dacia | Denmark; Dacia; greater Romania |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Δάοι | Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus |