Where does “atomvekt” come from?
atomvekt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vekt, from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.
atomvekt (Norwegian Bokmål): atomic weight
Definitions
- atomic weight
Ancestry of “atomvekt”, step by step
atomvekt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vekt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vekt | weight; scales; past participle of vekke |
| 2 | Danish | vægt | weight; scales; Libra |
| 3 | Old Danish | wict | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | wicht | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | wiht | creature, person, thing, being |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wihti | thing, creature; weight |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wihtiz | essence, being; thing, creature; weight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via Norwegian Bokmål atom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | atom | an atom |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |