Where does “skumraskaffär” come from?
skumraskaffär (Swedish) comes from Swedish affär, from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
skumraskaffär (Swedish): shady business, shady dealings
Definitions
- shady business, shady dealings
Ancestry of “skumraskaffär”, step by step
skumraskaffär traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish affär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | affär | a shop, a store; a deal; an agreement between two... |
| 2 | French | affaire | affair, business; deal; belonging |
| 3 | Old French | afaire | character; disposition; situation; event;... |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Swedish skumrask
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skumrask | semi-darkness (often at dawn), twilight |