Where does “bønnemøte” come from?
bønnemøte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål møte, from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
bønnemøte (Norwegian Bokmål): a prayer meeting
Definitions
- a prayer meeting
Ancestry of “bønnemøte”, step by step
bønnemøte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål møte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | møte | a meeting; an encounter; to meet |
| 2 | French | mode | fashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,... |
| 3 | Middle French | mode | — |
| 4 | Old French | mode | — |
| 5 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Norwegian Bokmål bønn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bønn | prayer |
| 2 | Old Norse | bón | prayer, petition |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bōniz | supplication, prayer |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |