Where does “handelssekreterare” come from?

handelssekreterare (Swedish) comes from Swedish handel, from Low German Handel.

handelssekreterare (Swedish): a trade commissioner

Definitions

  1. a trade commissioner

Ancestry of “handelssekreterare”, step by step

handelssekreterare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish handel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhandeltrade, commerce; the commercial exchange of...
2Low GermanHandel—

via Swedish sekreterare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsekreterarea secretary
Every word from Low German Handel →Every word from Swedish handel →
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