Where does “livsforsikring” come from?
livsforsikring (Danish) comes from Danish forsikring, from Danish forsikre, from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
livsforsikring (Danish): life insurance
Definitions
- life insurance
Ancestry of “livsforsikring”, step by step
livsforsikring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish forsikring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | forsikring | insurance; assurance |
| 2 | Danish | forsikre | to insure; to assure |
| 3 | German | versichern | to insure; to reassure, assure |
| 4 | Italian | assicurare | to assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Danish liv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | liv | life; waist, middle; bodice |
| 2 | Old Danish | lif | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | líf | life |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lībą | body; life |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lībaną | to remain, to be left |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |