Where does “kansliskrivare” come from?
kansliskrivare (Swedish) comes from Swedish kansli, 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 — to cut, cut off, sever.
kansliskrivare (Swedish): a clerk
Definitions
- a clerk
Ancestry of “kansliskrivare”, step by step
kansliskrivare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kansli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kansli | an office |
| 2 | German | Kanzlei | office; chancellery |
| 3 | Middle High German | kanzelie | — |
| 4 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 5 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 6 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Swedish skrivare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skrivare | a scribe; one who writes; a printer |
| 2 | Swedish | skriva | to write, to type, to copy; to put letters and... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | skriva | to write; to paint, to draw |
| 4 | Old Norse | skrifa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 6 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |