Where does “bibelfortelling” come from?
bibelfortelling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fortelling, from Norwegian Bokmål fortelle, from Middle Low German vörtellen, from Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
bibelfortelling (Norwegian Bokmål): a bible story
Definitions
- a bible story
Ancestry of “bibelfortelling”, step by step
bibelfortelling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fortelling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fortelling | a story or tale |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | fortelle | to recount, as a story |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vörtellen | to tell, to narrate, to recount |
| 4 | Middle Low German | tellen | to count, to tell |
| 5 | Old Saxon | tellian | to count; to tell |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål Bibel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | Bibel | Bible, bible |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βιβλία | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of βιβλίον |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βιβλίον | Strip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βυβλίον | Strip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βύβλος | papyrus; book |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤂𐤁𐤋 | Byblos |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋 | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | ʔil- | deity, god |