Where does “militærlejr” come from?

militærlejr (Danish) comes from Danish militær, from French militaire, from Middle French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

militærlejr (Danish): a military camp

Definitions

  1. a military camp

Ancestry of “militærlejr”, step by step

militærlejr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish militær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmilitærmilitary
2Frenchmilitairemilitary, militaristic; military
3Middle Frenchmilitairemilitary
4LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
5Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via Danish lejr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlejrcamp; imperative of lejre
2Old Norselegr—
3Proto-Germaniclegrąa lying, a place where one lies; camp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →