Where does “fødselstall” come from?
fødselstall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tall, from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
fødselstall (Norwegian Bokmål): number of (live) births
Definitions
- number of (live) births
Ancestry of “fødselstall”, step by step
fødselstall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tall | number, numeral, figure |
| 2 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |