Where does “prickare” come from?
prickare (Swedish) comes from Swedish pricka, 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- — he, she.
prickare (Swedish): person who marks something with dots (in particular in forestry)
Definitions
- person who marks something with dots (in particular in forestry)
Ancestry of “prickare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pricka | to hit; to give a remark or warning; to put one... |
| 2 | Swedish | prick | exactly, sharp, on the spot; a dot, small spot; a... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pricken | to prick |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *prikkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | prikjaną | to stick; prick |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |