Where does “moralkärring” come from?
moralkärring (Swedish) comes from Swedish kärring, from Old Swedish kärling, from Old Norse kerling, from Old Norse Karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic karilaz, from Proto-Germanic karaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
moralkärring (Swedish): a woman prone to moralizing
Definitions
- a woman prone to moralizing
Ancestry of “moralkärring”, step by step
moralkärring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kärring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kärring | (disagreeable) old woman |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kärling | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kerling | woman, wife; old woman |
| 4 | Old Norse | Karl | man |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | karilaz | free man, franklin; little man, young man |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | karaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
via Swedish moral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | moral | morale, character; moral, moral practices,... |
| 2 | German | Moral | moral, morality; morale |
| 3 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |