Where does “vapendragare” come from?

vapendragare (Swedish) comes from Swedish våpen, from English vape, from English vaporize, from English -ize, from Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Latin -izō, from Ancient Greek -ίζω — he, she.

vapendragare (Swedish): a squire (attending to a knight)

Definitions

  1. a squire (attending to a knight)

Ancestry of “vapendragare”, step by step

vapendragare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish våpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvåpendefinite plural of våp
2EnglishvapeClipping of vaporizer; To inhale the vapor...
3EnglishvaporizeTo turn into vapor
4English-izeUsed to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
5Middle English-isen-ise, -ize
6Middle French-iser-ize
7Latin-izōUsed to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives
8Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
9Proto-Hellenic-íďďō
10Proto-Indo-European-idyéti
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via Swedish dragare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdragare
2SwedishdragaDated form of dra
3Middle Low Germandragen
4Old Saxondraganto go, to travel
5Proto-Germanicdragan
6Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -izeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti