Where does “avdelingssjef” come from?
avdelingssjef (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sjef, from French chef, from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
avdelingssjef (Norwegian Bokmål): head of (a) department, department head
Definitions
- head of (a) department, department head
Ancestry of “avdelingssjef”, step by step
avdelingssjef traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sjef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sjef | chief, boss, head |
| 2 | French | chef | head; article, principal point; principal motive,... |
| 3 | Middle French | chief | head |
| 4 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Norwegian Bokmål avdeling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | avdeling | a department or division |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | avdele | to divide, partition off |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | dele | to divide; to split; to share |
| 4 | Middle Low German | delen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | dēlian | to deal out, to distribute |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | to divide |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |