Where does “börsklippare” come from?
börsklippare (Swedish) comes from Swedish börs, from Dutch beurs, from French bourse, from Italian borsa, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα — the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...
börsklippare (Swedish): someone who makes quick, lucrative deals (through speculation) on the stock market
Definitions
- someone who makes quick, lucrative deals (through speculation) on the stock market
Ancestry of “börsklippare”, step by step
börsklippare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish börs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | börs | stock market, stock exchange, bourse; purse, a... |
| 2 | Dutch | beurs | A purse, both as object or capital; Various... |
| 3 | French | bourse | purse; money; financial grant |
| 4 | Italian | borsa | bag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,... |
| 5 | Latin | bursa | oxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βύρσα | the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin... |
via Swedish klippare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | klippare | cutter; film editor; clipper; shearman |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |