Where does “rengøre” come from?
rengøre (Danish) comes from Danish gøre, from Old Danish gøræ, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
rengøre (Danish): to clean
Definitions
- to clean
Ancestry of “rengøre”, step by step
rengøre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish gøre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | gøre | to do, perform, execute; to make |
| 2 | Old Danish | gøræ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Danish ren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ren | reindeer; a strip of unplowed land serving as a... |
| 2 | English | reindeer | Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the... |
| 3 | Middle English | reyndere | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | hreindýri | reindeer |
| 5 | Old Norse | dýr | animal |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ | animal |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | deuzą | animal, beast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewsóm | living thing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéws | breath |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwes- | to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature |