Where does “aluminiumsfolie” come from?
aluminiumsfolie (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål folie, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
aluminiumsfolie (Norwegian Bokmål): aluminium foil (UK), or aluminum foil (US)
Definitions
- aluminium foil (UK), or aluminum foil (US)
Ancestry of “aluminiumsfolie”, step by step
aluminiumsfolie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål folie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | folie | foil; film |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål aluminium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | aluminium | aluminium (UK), or aluminum (US) (chemical element and metal, symbol Al) |
| 2 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 3 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |