Where does “negervän” come from?
negervän (Swedish) comes from Swedish neger, from German neger, from German Näher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
negervän (Swedish): a negrophile, a nigger lover
Definitions
- a negrophile, a nigger lover
Ancestry of “negervän”, step by step
negervän traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish neger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | neger | a negro, a black person |
| 2 | German | neger | broke, bankrupt |
| 3 | German | Näher | sewer |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |