Where does “avholdsbevegelse” come from?
avholdsbevegelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bevegelse, from Norwegian Bokmål -else, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
avholdsbevegelse (Norwegian Bokmål): temperance movement
Definitions
- temperance movement
Ancestry of “avholdsbevegelse”, step by step
avholdsbevegelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bevegelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bevegelse | movement; a movement |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 3 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 4 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Norwegian Bokmål avhold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | avhold | abstinence, abstention |