schackra
Swedish
Etymology
From German schachern, from Yiddish שאַכערן (shakhern), from Hebrew סָחַר (sāḥar)/שָׂכַר (śạḵạr). Cognate with Danish sjakre, Norwegian Bokmål sjakre and Norwegian Nynorsk sjakre, sjakra. Etymologically identical to tjacka (“get, buy (colloquial)”) from Romani.
Verb
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- (somewhat derogatory) to travel around and trade goods, perhaps not entirely in accordance with the law
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- schackra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- “schachern” in Duden online
- schackra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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