Where does “afholdsmand” come from?
afholdsmand (Danish) comes from Danish afhold, from Danish afholde, from Danish af, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
afholdsmand (Danish): A man who abstains from the drinking of alcoholic...
Definitions
- A man who abstains from the drinking of alcoholic...
Ancestry of “afholdsmand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | afhold | abstention, abstinence; imperative of afholde |
| 2 | Danish | afholde | to hold; to pay; to prevent, stop, keep from |
| 3 | Danish | af | by; of; from |
| 4 | Old Norse | af | of, from, off, by |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |