Where does “tjuvjägare” come from?

tjuvjägare (Swedish) comes from Swedish jägare, from Swedish jaga, from Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

tjuvjägare (Swedish): a poacher (someone hunting illegally)

Definitions

  1. a poacher (someone hunting illegally)

Ancestry of “tjuvjägare”, step by step

tjuvjägare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish jägare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishjägarea hunter
2Swedishjagato hunt; to chase down prey
3Old Norsejaga—
4Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
5Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
6Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

via Swedish tjuv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtjuvthief
2Old Swedishþiuverthief
3Old Norseþjófrthief
4Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →