Where does “ryggdunkare” come from?
ryggdunkare (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic raidō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ryggdunkare (Swedish): backslapper
Definitions
- backslapper
Ancestry of “ryggdunkare”, step by step
ryggdunkare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rygg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rygg | back; the rear of the body; especially the part... |
| 2 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 3 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 4 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 5 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 6 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish dunka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dunka | to thump, to pound |
| 2 | Old Norse | dengja | to beat, to hammer; to sharpen by hammering |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dangijaną | to beat, hit |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |