Where does “bosetting” come from?
bosetting (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bosette, from Norwegian Bokmål Bø, from Danish Bo, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from Malay buah, from Malay nona, from Portuguese dona — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Ancestry of “bosetting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bosette | to settle |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | Bø | merged in 2020 with Sauherad under the name of Midt-Telemark (kommune) |
| 3 | Danish | Bo | estate the property of a deceased person |
| 4 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 5 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 6 | Malay | buah | fruit |
| 7 | Malay | nona | miss, lady (young unmarried woman) |
| 8 | Portuguese | dona | female equivalent of dono; A title of address to... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | dona | — |
| 10 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 11 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 12 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 13 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |