Where does “forritunarmál” come from?
forritunarmál (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mál, from Icelandic mála, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn, from Proto-Albanian melana, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-n- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
forritunarmál (Icelandic): programming language
Definitions
- programming language
Ancestry of “forritunarmál”, step by step
forritunarmál traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic mál
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | mál | language; speech; matter, affair |
| 2 | Icelandic | mála | to paint; indefinite genitive plural of mál |
| 3 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Icelandic forritun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | forritun | programming |
| 2 | Icelandic | forrita | to program; indefinite genitive plural of forrit |
| 3 | Icelandic | for- | previous, before, first, pre-; extremely;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | for- | for; fore- |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 6 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |