Where does “tedrickare” come from?
tedrickare (Swedish) comes from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic teuhan, from Proto-Germanic teuhaną — to pull, to draw; to lead.
tedrickare (Swedish): tea drinker
Definitions
- tea drinker
Ancestry of “tedrickare”, step by step
tedrickare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish te
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 2 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 3 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 4 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 5 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 6 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |