Where does “begravelsesplads” come from?
begravelsesplads (Danish) comes from Danish begravelse, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
begravelsesplads (Danish): cemetery
Definitions
- cemetery
Ancestry of “begravelsesplads”, step by step
begravelsesplads traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish begravelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | begravelse | burial |
| 2 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 3 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Danish plads
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | plads | place; seat; position |
| 2 | Middle Low German | plātze | — |
| 3 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 4 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |