Where does “diamantgruve” come from?
diamantgruve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
diamantgruve (Norwegian Bokmål): a diamond mine
Definitions
- a diamond mine
Ancestry of “diamantgruve”, step by step
diamantgruve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål diamant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | diamant | diamond; the smallest typeface in letterpress... |
| 2 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 3 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 4 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Norwegian Bokmål gruve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gruve | a mine |
| 2 | Danish | grube | pit; hollow; mine |
| 3 | German | Grube | pit; mine |
| 4 | Middle High German | gruobe | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | gruoba | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grōbō | hole, ditch, pit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |