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Where does “hästskötare” come from?

hästskötare (Swedish) comes from Swedish skötare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

hästskötare (Swedish): a groom; one who takes care of horses

Definitions

  1. a groom; one who takes care of horses

Ancestry of “hästskötare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskötarea keeper , a maintainer; a nurse
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-are—
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →