Where does “alkoholforgiftning” come from?

alkoholforgiftning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish förgiftning, from Swedish förgifta, from Swedish för-, from Old Norse for-, from Middle Low German vor-, from Old Saxon far-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

alkoholforgiftning (Norwegian Bokmål): alcohol poisoning

Definitions

  1. alcohol poisoning

Ancestry of “alkoholforgiftning”, step by step

alkoholforgiftning traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish förgiftning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförgiftningpoisoning
2Swedishförgiftato poison
3Swedishför-fore-, at the front, before; related to German...
4Old Norsefor-for; fore-
5Middle Low Germanvor-modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other...
6Old Saxonfar-forming verbs from verbs with various senses...
7Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Danish alkohol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishalkoholalcohol
2GermanAlkoholalcohol, ethanol; alcohol, liquor
3Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
4Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
5Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
6Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via Norwegian Bokmål forgiftning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforgiftningpoisoning
2Danish-ningAlternative form of -ing; -ing; action of
3Old Norse-ning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European por-
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