Where does “kvalitetstid” come from?
kvalitetstid (Danish) comes from Danish kvalitet, from German Qualität, from French qualité, from Latin qualitas, from Ancient Greek ποιότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
kvalitetstid (Danish): quality time
Definitions
- quality time
Ancestry of “kvalitetstid”, step by step
kvalitetstid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kvalitet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kvalitet | quality; a quality, a property |
| 2 | German | Qualität | quality |
| 3 | French | qualité | quality |
| 4 | Latin | qualitas | quality, property |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ποιότης | quality |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Danish tid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tid | time |
| 2 | English | tith | tight; nimble |
| 3 | Old Norse | tíð | time; hour; divine service, prayers |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |