Disputed. Arguably pure back-formation from snickare. Arguably directly from the dialectal verb snicka, from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).
snickra (present snickrar, preterite snickrade, supine snickrat, imperative snickra)
active | passive | |||
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infinitive | snickra | snickras | ||
supine | snickrat | snickrats | ||
imperative | snickra | — | ||
imper. plural1 | snickren | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | snickrar | snickrade | snickras | snickrades |
ind. plural1 | snickra | snickrade | snickras | snickrades |
subjunctive2 | snickre | snickrade | snickres | snickrades |
present participle | snickrande | |||
past participle | snickrad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.