Where does “babyalarm” come from?
babyalarm (Danish) comes from Danish baby, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
babyalarm (Danish): A baby alarm, a baby monitor
Definitions
- A baby alarm, a baby monitor
Ancestry of “babyalarm”, step by step
babyalarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish baby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | baby | A baby, an infant; An attractive young female |
| 2 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 3 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Danish alarm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | alarm | alarm |
| 2 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 3 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 4 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 6 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |