Where does “databehandling” come from?
databehandling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål behandling, from Norwegian Bokmål behandle, from German behandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian — hand.
databehandling (Norwegian Bokmål): data processing
Definitions
- data processing
Ancestry of “databehandling”, step by step
databehandling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål behandling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | behandling | treatment |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | behandle | to treat |
| 3 | German | behandeln | to treat; to cover |
| 4 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 5 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 6 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 7 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 8 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Norwegian Bokmål data
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | data | data; "short form of" datateknologi |
| 2 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |