Where does “sekundärkränkt” come from?
sekundärkränkt (Swedish) comes from German sekundär, from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
sekundärkränkt (Swedish): offended by something because it might be offensive to someone else, "offended on someone's behalf", "vicariously offended"
Definitions
- offended by something because it might be offensive to someone else, "offended on someone's behalf", "vicariously offended"
Ancestry of “sekundärkränkt”, step by step
sekundärkränkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German sekundär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sekundär | secondary; subsidiary |
| 2 | French | secondaire | secondary |
| 3 | Latin | secundārius | second-class, second-rate, of inferior quality |
| 4 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Swedish kränkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kränkt | having had (or feeling like one has had) one's personal honor attacked or violated (with words or actions); violated, insulted, offended, etc |