Where does “pakethållare” come from?
pakethållare (Swedish) comes from Swedish paket, from French paquet, from Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.
pakethållare (Swedish): rear rack on a bike
Definitions
- rear rack on a bike
Ancestry of “pakethållare”, step by step
pakethållare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish paket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | paket | a package, a parcel, a packet, a wrapped gift |
| 2 | French | paquet | packet; pack; parcel |
| 3 | Middle French | paquet | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | pac | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | pakko | — |
| 6 | Frankish | pakkō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pakkô | bundle; pack; package |
via Swedish hållare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hållare | a holder, a stand, a mount |
| 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) |