Where does “puckelryggig” come from?
puckelryggig (Swedish) comes from Swedish puckelrygg, from Swedish rygg, from Swedish råd, from English raid, from Scots raid, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu — to fit, to fix, to put together.
puckelryggig (Swedish): hunchbacked
Definitions
- hunchbacked
Ancestry of “puckelryggig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | puckelrygg | humpback |
| 2 | Swedish | rygg | back; the rear of the body; especially the part... |
| 3 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 4 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 5 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 6 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 7 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |