Where does “spetsborgare” come from?
spetsborgare (Swedish) comes from German Spießbürger, from German Bürger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
spetsborgare (Swedish): philistine
Definitions
- philistine
Ancestry of “spetsborgare”, step by step
spetsborgare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spießbürger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spießbürger | square, philistine; provincial |
| 2 | German | Bürger | citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized... |
| 3 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 4 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish borgare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | borgare | a member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a... |
| 2 | Swedish | borg | a fortified castle; a borg |
| 3 | English | Cyborg | A being which is part machine and part organic |
| 4 | English | organism | A discrete and complete living thing, such as... |
| 5 | French | organisme | organism; organisation |
| 6 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 7 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 8 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |