Where does “guldmedalje” come from?
guldmedalje (Danish) comes from Danish medalje, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus — to put, to place; to locate.
guldmedalje (Danish): gold medal
Definitions
- gold medal
Ancestry of “guldmedalje”, step by step
guldmedalje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish medalje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | medalje | medal |
| 2 | French | médaille | medal |
| 3 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 7 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 8 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |