Where does “näringsidkare” come from?
näringsidkare (Swedish) comes from Swedish näring, from Old Swedish næring, from Middle Low German neringe, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic nazjaną, from Proto-Indo-European nes- — to return home.
näringsidkare (Swedish): trader, businessman
Definitions
- trader, businessman
Ancestry of “näringsidkare”, step by step
näringsidkare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish näring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | näring | nourishment, food; that which nurtures or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | næring | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | neringe | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | neren | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | nerian | to save |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | naʀjan | to save, to rescue |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nazjaną | to save; rescue; heal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nes- | to return home |
via Swedish idkare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | idkare | operator |
| 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) |