Where does “lärftskramhandlare” come from?
lärftskramhandlare (Swedish) comes from Swedish kräm, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα, from Ancient Greek χρίω — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
lärftskramhandlare (Swedish): a merchant or shopowner for textile and clothing,...
Definitions
- a merchant or shopowner for textile and clothing,...
Ancestry of “lärftskramhandlare”, step by step
lärftskramhandlare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kräm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kräm | cream, crème |
| 2 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 3 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 4 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 5 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 6 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Swedish handlare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | handlare | a shopkeeper |
| 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) |