Where does “bli kalt bort” come from?
bli kalt bort (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bli, from Norwegian Bokmål blive, from Danish blive, from Middle Low German blîven, from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-West Germanic bilīban, from Proto-Germanic bilībaną, from Proto-Germanic bi- — on, onto.
bli kalt bort (Norwegian Bokmål): to die, to leave one's life
Definitions
- to die, to leave one's life
Ancestry of “bli kalt bort”, step by step
bli kalt bort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bli | to stay, remain; to be; to become, get, go |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | blive | to drown |
| 3 | Danish | blive | to become; to be; to amount |
| 4 | Middle Low German | blîven | to remain |
| 5 | Old Saxon | bilīvan | to stay or remain in place |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bilīban | to stay, to remain in place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bilībaną | to stay, to remain in place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Norwegian Bokmål kalt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kalt | past participle of kalle; called; past participle... |