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 |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | snickrande | |||
Past participle | snickrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |