Where does “sorthed” come from?
sorthed (Danish) comes from Danish sort, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sorthed (Danish): blackness
Definitions
- blackness
Ancestry of “sorthed”, step by step
sorthed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish sort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sort | black; under the table; done in secret so as to... |
| 2 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |