Where does “genstandsfald” come from?
genstandsfald (Danish) comes from Danish genstand, from German gegenstand, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
genstandsfald (Danish): accusative; a grammatical case that usually indicates a noun or substantive phrase is the direct object of a verb or governed by specific prepositions
Definitions
- accusative; a grammatical case that usually indicates a noun or substantive phrase is the direct object of a verb or governed by specific prepositions
Ancestry of “genstandsfald”, step by step
genstandsfald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish genstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | genstand | subject; object; something to which some action... |
| 2 | German | gegenstand | object, item, thing, article |
| 3 | Latin | obiectum | A charge, accusation |
| 4 | Latin | obiectus | offered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed |
| 5 | Latin | obiciō | to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Danish fald
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fald | fall; decrease, decline; case |
| 2 | Old Norse | fall | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 6 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |