Where does “skalpering” come from?

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

skalpering (Swedish): scalping

Definitions

  1. scalping

Ancestry of “skalpering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskalperato scalp (remove the scalp)
2Frenchscalperto scalp
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →