Where does “videnskabshistoriker” come from?
videnskabshistoriker (Danish) comes from Danish historiker, from Danish historie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr.
videnskabshistoriker (Danish): science historian, historian concerning themself...
Definitions
- science historian, historian concerning themself...
Ancestry of “videnskabshistoriker”, step by step
videnskabshistoriker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish historiker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | historiker | historian |
| 2 | Danish | historie | history; story; affair, business |
| 3 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 9 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via Danish videnskab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | videnskab | science, scholarly knowledge, scholarship; any... |
| 2 | Dutch | wetenschap | knowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,... |
| 3 | Dutch | weten | to know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | wēten | to know knowledge |
| 5 | Old Dutch | wītan | to know |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |