Where does “rosemåling” come from?
rosemåling (English) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rosemaling, from Norwegian Bokmål måling, from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
rosemåling (English): Alternative form of rosemaling
Definitions
- Alternative form of rosemaling
Ancestry of “rosemåling”, step by step
rosemåling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rosemaling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rosemaling | rosemaling |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | måling | measurement |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | måle | to measure |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | mål | language, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,... |
| 5 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 6 | Old French | mole | — |
| 7 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Nynorsk rosemåling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rosemåling | rosemaling |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rose | a rose; Alternative form of rosa |
| 3 | Old Norse | rós | rose |
| 4 | Middle Low German | rōse | — |
| 5 | Latin | Rosa | rose |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥόδον | rose (usually Rosa gallica) |
| 7 | Old Persian | wurdi | flower |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wurdiz | fate, destiny |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wrti- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |