Where does “bankrøveri” come from?
bankrøveri (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål røveri, from Danish -eri, from Low German -erie, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bankrøveri (Danish): bank robbery
Definitions
- bank robbery
Ancestry of “bankrøveri”, step by step
bankrøveri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål røveri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | røveri | a robbery |
| 2 | Danish | -eri | act of ing, -ing; -ery, business where ing is... |
| 3 | Low German | -erie | — |
| 4 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Danish bank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bank | bank; only used in certain expressions; knock |
| 2 | French | banque | bank |
| 3 | Italian | banco | desk; counter; bench, table |
| 4 | Old High German | bank | bench |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | banki | bench |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |