Where does “frimärkssamlare” come from?
frimärkssamlare (Swedish) comes from Swedish frimärke, from Danish frimærke, from Danish fri, from Middle Low German vrīen, from Old Saxon friohon, from Proto-West Germanic frijōn, from Proto-Germanic frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European prāy- — to like, love.
frimärkssamlare (Swedish): a stamp collector
Definitions
- a stamp collector
Ancestry of “frimärkssamlare”, step by step
frimärkssamlare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish frimärke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | frimärke | a postage stamp |
| 2 | Danish | frimærke | stamp, postage stamp |
| 3 | Danish | fri | to propose; free; vacant, unoccupied |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vrīen | to free; to marry |
| 5 | Old Saxon | friohon | to free, to liberate; to like, to love, to honour |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | frijōn | to love |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | frijōną | to love; to free; to like |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | prāy- | to like, love |
via Swedish samlare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | samlare | a collector, a gatherer |
| 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) |