Where does “dörrknackare” come from?
dörrknackare (Swedish) comes from Swedish knackare, from English cracker, from English craker, from English crocker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
dörrknackare (Swedish): person who goes door to door, canvasser
Definitions
- person who goes door to door, canvasser
Ancestry of “dörrknackare”, step by step
dörrknackare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish knackare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | knackare | knocker something that knocks |
| 2 | English | cracker | A dry, thin, crispy baked bread; A short piece of... |
| 3 | English | craker | One who boasts; a braggart |
| 4 | English | crocker | a potter |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |