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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