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

  1. a clerk

Ancestry of “kansliskrivare”, step by step

kansliskrivare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kansli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkanslian office
2GermanKanzleioffice; chancellery
3Middle High Germankanzelie
4LatincancellāriusA kind of porter, doorkeeper
5Latincancelliinflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##...
6Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
7Proto-Italickankroscrab
8Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
9Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
10Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
11Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Swedish skrivare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskrivarea scribe; one who writes; a printer
2Swedishskrivato write, to type, to copy; to put letters and...
3Old Swedishskrivato write; to paint, to draw
4Old Norseskrifa
5Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
6Latinscrībōto write
7Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥-