Where does “bølgehøyde” come from?
bølgehøyde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål høyde, from Danish højde, from Old Danish høgdh, from Old Norse hæð, from Proto-Germanic hauhiþō, from Proto-Germanic hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk- — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.
bølgehøyde (Norwegian Bokmål): wave height
Definitions
- wave height
Ancestry of “bølgehøyde”, step by step
bølgehøyde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål høyde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | høyde | height; high jump |
| 2 | Danish | højde | height; altitude |
| 3 | Old Danish | høgdh | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | hæð | height |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hauhiþō | height |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hauhaz | high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |
via Norwegian Bokmål bølge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bølge | a wave |
| 2 | Danish | bølge | wave; to wave |
| 3 | Old Norse | bylgja | wave, billow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bulgijō | wave, billow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |