Where does “hovedtørklæde” come from?

hovedtørklæde (Danish) comes from Danish tørklæde, from Danish tørre, from Danish -e, from Old Danish -æ, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

hovedtørklæde (Danish): headscarf cloth worn to protect the hair or for religious reasons

Definitions

  1. headscarf cloth worn to protect the hair or for religious reasons

Ancestry of “hovedtørklæde”, step by step

hovedtørklæde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tørklæde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtørklædehandkerchief
2Danishtørreto dry, to cause to become dry; to dry, to become...
3Danish-eMarks the infinitive of many or most verbs, and...
4Old Danish
5Old Norse-aindicates negation; does not; Creates...
6Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via Danish hoved

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhovedhead; mind; person
2Old Norsehǫfuðhead
3Old Norse-ith
4Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Chichewa iye