Where does “sprutlackera” come from?
sprutlackera (Swedish) comes from Swedish lackera, from Swedish lack, from French lacque, from Portuguese laca, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔, from Sanskrit लक्ष — to protect.
sprutlackera (Swedish): to spray paint
Definitions
- to spray paint
Ancestry of “sprutlackera”, step by step
sprutlackera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lackera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lackera | to apply a lacquer or (lacquer) paint (to something), to lacquer |
| 2 | Swedish | lack | lacquer |
| 3 | French | lacque | a sort of sealing wax |
| 4 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 5 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 6 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 7 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 10 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |
via Swedish spruta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spruta | a squirt, a syringe; a fire engine; to spray, to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | sprúta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *spreutaną | — |