Where does “fjernsynsstation” come from?
fjernsynsstation (Danish) comes from Danish station, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fjernsynsstation (Danish): television station
Definitions
- television station
Ancestry of “fjernsynsstation”, step by step
fjernsynsstation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish station
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | station | station major stopping place for busses or trains |
| 2 | Old French | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 3 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Danish fjernsyn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fjernsyn | television |
| 2 | Danish | syn | vision, faculty of sight; a way of perceiving... |
| 3 | Old Saxon | siun | vision, sight |
| 4 | Old Norse | sýn | sight, eyesight; appearance, look |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | siuniz | appearance, sight; face |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |