Where does “yuppienalle” come from?
yuppienalle (Swedish) comes from Swedish yuppie, from English yuppie, from English -ie, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
yuppienalle (Swedish): a cell phone, a mobile phone
Definitions
- a cell phone, a mobile phone
Ancestry of “yuppienalle”, step by step
yuppienalle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish yuppie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | yuppie | a yuppie |
| 2 | English | yuppie | a young upwardly mobile urban professional person... |
| 3 | English | -ie | Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Swedish nalle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | nalle | a bear; a teddy bear; mobile phone; Contraction... |