Where does “tekniker” come from?
tekniker (Swedish) comes from Swedish er, from Swedish eder, from Latin edar, from Latin edo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
tekniker (Swedish): a technician
Definitions
- a technician
Ancestry of “tekniker”, step by step
tekniker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish er
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | er | you; your, yours; reflexive of ni; compare... |
| 2 | Swedish | eder | you, your, yours; the standard Swedish "er" is a... |
| 3 | Latin | edar | first-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | edo | I eat; I give out, put or bring forth; eject,... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Swedish teknik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | teknik | a technique; technology |
| 2 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 3 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |