Where does “lyriker” come from?
lyriker (Swedish) comes from Swedish er, from Swedish eder, from Latin edar, from Latin edo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
lyriker (Swedish): a poet, a lyricist
Definitions
- a poet, a lyricist
Ancestry of “lyriker”, step by step
lyriker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish er
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | er | you; your, yours; reflexive of ni; compare... |
| 2 | Swedish | eder | you, your, yours; the standard Swedish "er" is a... |
| 3 | Latin | edar | first-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | edo | I eat; I give out, put or bring forth; eject,... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Swedish lyrik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lyrik | poetry, lyric |
| 2 | Swedish | -ik | a pejorative suffix; pejorative dimunutive |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |