Where does “børnehave” come from?
børnehave (Greenlandic) comes from Danish børnehave, from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz.
børnehave (Greenlandic): kindergarten, nursery school
Definitions
- kindergarten, nursery school
Ancestry of “børnehave”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | børnehave | kindergarten |
| 2 | German | Kindergarten | nursery school; kindergarten; day care center |
| 3 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 4 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 5 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 6 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |