Where does “hovedregning” come from?
hovedregning (Danish) comes from Danish hoved, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Old Norse -i, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
hovedregning (Danish): mental arithmetic, the act of calculating without...
Definitions
- mental arithmetic, the act of calculating without...
Ancestry of “hovedregning”, step by step
hovedregning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish hoved
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hoved | head; mind; person |
| 2 | Old Norse | hǫfuð | head |
| 3 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Danish regning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | regning | a bill; calculation; math |
| 2 | German | Rechnung | bill, restaurant bill; a reckoning, calculation;... |
| 3 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 4 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |