Where does “skräddarsy” come from?
skräddarsy (Swedish) comes from Swedish skräddare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
skräddarsy (Swedish): tailor-make
Definitions
- tailor-make
Ancestry of “skräddarsy”, step by step
skräddarsy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skräddare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skräddare | a tailor |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |