Where does “barnerim” come from?
barnerim (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rim, from Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rimé, from Old French rime, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός, from Ancient Greek ῥέω — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
barnerim (Norwegian Bokmål): a nursery rhyme
Definitions
- a nursery rhyme
Ancestry of “barnerim”, step by step
barnerim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rim | a rhyme; <br>; rime |
| 2 | Old Norse | rím | calculation, calendar |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rim | — |
| 4 | French | rimé | past participle of rimer; rhymed |
| 5 | Old French | rime | story; tale; account |
| 6 | Latin | rhythmus | rhythm |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ῥυθμός | a repeating, regular motion, vibration; measured... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ῥέω | I flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |