Where does “pricka” come from?
pricka (Swedish) comes from Swedish prick, from Middle Low German pricken, from Old Saxon *prikkian, from Proto-Germanic prikjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
pricka (Swedish): to hit; to give a remark or warning; to put one...
Definitions
- to hit; to give a remark or warning; to put one...
Ancestry of “pricka”, step by step
pricka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish prick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | prick | exactly, sharp, on the spot; a dot, small spot; a... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | pricken | to prick |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *prikkian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | prikjaną | to stick; prick |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |