Where does “skalpera” come from?

skalpera (Swedish) comes from French scalper, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

skalpera (Swedish): to scalp (remove the scalp)

Definitions

to scalp (remove the scalp)

Ancestry of “skalpera”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	scalper	to scalp
2	French	-er	Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3	Middle French	-er	Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4	Old French	-ier	suffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “skalpera”

skalpeerata
skalpering
skalpeeraus
skalpeeraaminen

Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →