Where does “kopparslagare” come from?
kopparslagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish koppar, from Latin cūprum, from Latin cȳprium, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
kopparslagare (Swedish): a coppersmith, a craftsman preparing copper...
Definitions
- a coppersmith, a craftsman preparing copper...
Ancestry of “kopparslagare”, step by step
kopparslagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish koppar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | koppar | copper; a reddish-brown metal |
| 2 | Latin | cūprum | copper (the metal) |
| 3 | Latin | cȳprium | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Κύπρος | Cyprus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Swedish slagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | slagare | a beater, one who beats |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |