Where does “banesår” come from?

banesår (Danish) comes from Danish bane, from Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.

banesår (Danish): deadly, mortal wound

Definitions

  1. deadly, mortal wound

Ancestry of “banesår”, step by step

banesår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbanebane, person/thing/event that kills someone or...
2Middle Low Germanbāne
3Old Saxonbana
4Proto-West Germanic*banu
5Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
6Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-

via Danish sår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsårwound; sore, worried, distressed; present tense...
2Old Norsesárlarge cask
3Proto-Germanicsairąwound; sore
4Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind
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