Where does “kanslispråklig” come from?
kanslispråklig (Swedish) comes from Swedish kanslispråk, from Swedish kansli, from German Kanzlei, from Middle High German kanzelie, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros — to cut, cut off, sever.
Ancestry of “kanslispråklig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kanslispråk | officialese, bureaucratese |
| 2 | Swedish | kansli | an office |
| 3 | German | Kanzlei | office; chancellery |
| 4 | Middle High German | kanzelie | — |
| 5 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 6 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 7 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |