Where does “dornlevr” come from?
dornlevr (Breton) comes from Breton levr, from Old Breton libr, from Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
dornlevr (Breton): manual
Definitions
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Ancestry of “dornlevr”, step by step
dornlevr traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Breton levr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breton | levr | book |
| 2 | Old Breton | libr | — |
| 3 | Spanish | libro | book |
| 4 | Old Spanish | libro | book |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via Welsh llawlyfr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | llawlyfr | handbook, manual |
| 2 | English | handbook | A topically organized book of reference on a... |
| 3 | Swedish | handbok | handbook, manual |
| 4 | Old English | handbōc | handbook |
| 5 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 7 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 8 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 9 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |