Where does “paletkniv” come from?

paletkniv (Danish) comes from Danish palet, from French palette, from French pâle, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

paletkniv (Danish): spatula

Definitions

  1. spatula

Ancestry of “paletkniv”, step by step

paletkniv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish palet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpaletpalette
2Frenchpalettepalette
3Frenchpâlepale
4Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
5Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
6Latin-idustending to
7Proto-Italic*-iðos—

via Danish kniv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishknivknife
2Old Danishknif—
3Old Norseknífrknife
4Proto-Germanicknībazpincers; shears; knife
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →