Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “pack” come from?

pack (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German packe, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

pack (Swedish): a group of unwanted people, lower class people,...

Definitions

  1. a group of unwanted people, lower class people,...

Ancestry of “pack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpacke—
2Old Saxonpakko—
3Frankishpakkō—
4Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

Words derived from “pack”

  • korttipakka
  • pakka
  • kangaspakka
  • lehtijousipakka
Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →