Where does “boktryckarkonst” come from?
boktryckarkonst (Swedish) comes from Swedish boktryckare, from Swedish tryckare, from Swedish trycka, from Old Swedish þrykkia, from Old Norse þrykkja, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
boktryckarkonst (Swedish): printing, the art of printing books
Definitions
- printing, the art of printing books
Ancestry of “boktryckarkonst”, step by step
boktryckarkonst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish boktryckare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | boktryckare | a printer |
| 2 | Swedish | tryckare | a printer |
| 3 | Swedish | trycka | to print; to copy something on a surface; apply... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | þrykkia | to press, to squeeze; to thrust |
| 5 | Old Norse | þrykkja | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via Swedish konst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | konst | an art; an art, a science, a trick, knowledge; an... |