Where does “kansli” come from?
kansli (Swedish) comes from German Kanzlei, from Middle High German kanzelie, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- — to cut, cut off, sever.
kansli (Swedish): an office
Ancestry of “kansli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Kanzlei | office; chancellery |
| 2 | Middle High German | kanzelie | — |
| 3 | Latin | cancellārius | — |
| 4 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus:
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| 5 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “kansli”