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
Ancestry of “brannalarm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | alarm | an alarm |
| 2 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 3 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 4 | Italian | all'arme | |
| 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 |