Where does “låginkomsttagare” come from?
låginkomsttagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish låg, from Old Swedish lāgher, from Old Norse lágr, from German lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Old Norse legr, from Proto-Germanic legrą — to lie.
låginkomsttagare (Swedish): low-income earner
Definitions
- low-income earner
Ancestry of “låginkomsttagare”, step by step
låginkomsttagare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish låg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | låg | low; having a small height; of low moral or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lāgher | low |
| 3 | Old Norse | lágr | low; short |
| 4 | German | lager | first-person singular present of lagern; singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | leger | — |
| 6 | Old High German | legar | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | legr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | legrą | a lying, a place where one lies; camp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Swedish tagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tagare | a taker |
| 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) |
via Swedish inkomst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | inkomst | income; money one earns by working or... |