Where does “likskändare” come from?
likskändare (Swedish) comes from Swedish lik, from Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
likskändare (Swedish): one who violates a dead body (possibly sexually, like for violate in English, but also more generally, for example in war)
Definitions
- one who violates a dead body (possibly sexually, like for violate in English, but also more generally, for example in war)
Ancestry of “likskändare”, step by step
likskändare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lik | like, similar to; like; corpse |
| 2 | Old Swedish | līk | shape, semblance, appearance |
| 3 | Old Norse | lík | leechline; body; leech |
| 4 | Middle Low German | līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Swedish skändare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skändare | a desecrator, a violator |
| 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) |