Where does “crackpundare” come from?
crackpundare (Swedish) comes from Swedish crack, from English crack, from Middle English crak, from Old Norse kráka, from Proto-Germanic *krakǭ, from Proto-Germanic krakōną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
crackpundare (Swedish): crackhead
Definitions
- crackhead
Ancestry of “crackpundare”, step by step
crackpundare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish crack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | crack | crack cocaine |
| 2 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 4 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
via Swedish pundare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pundare | junkie, drug addict; stage weight |
| 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) |