Where does “pigg som en lärka” come from?
pigg som en lärka (Swedish) comes from Swedish pigg, from Norwegian Bokmål pigger, from English nigger, from English neger, from French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, from Latin niger — bare, naked.
pigg som en lärka (Swedish): very alert (see pigg for senses), fit as a fiddle
Definitions
- very alert (see pigg for senses), fit as a fiddle
Ancestry of “pigg som en lärka”, step by step
pigg som en lärka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pigg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pigg | lively, spirited; alert, sharp; dapper, peppy |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | pigger | indefinite plural of pigg |
| 3 | English | nigger | A black person; a person of black African... |
| 4 | English | neger | Synonym of nigger |
| 5 | French | nègre | negro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy |
| 6 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 7 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 8 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |
via Swedish söm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | söm | seam |
| 2 | Swedish | -nad | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -naðr | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -aðr | suffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōdaz | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |