Where does “brannalarm” come from?
brannalarm (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål alarm, from Italian allarme, from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
brannalarm (Norwegian Bokmål): a fire alarm
Definitions
- a fire alarm
Ancestry of “brannalarm”, step by step
brannalarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål alarm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | alarm | an alarm |
| 2 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 3 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 4 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Norwegian Bokmål brann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | brann | fire; inflammation, burning pain, fever; past... |
| 2 | Old Norse | brandr | brand, firebrand; fire; sword |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | brandaz | fire; flash; flame; burning; flaming; firebrand;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brinnaną | to burn, to be on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |