Where does “fallgruve” come from?
fallgruve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fall, from Norwegian Bokmål falle, from Danish falde, from Old Danish fallæ, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl-, from Slovincian pól — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
fallgruve (Norwegian Bokmål): a pitfall
Definitions
- a pitfall
Ancestry of “fallgruve”, step by step
fallgruve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fall | a fall; case; imperative of falle |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | falle | a slanted metal piece in a door lock that moves... |
| 3 | Danish | falde | to fall; to drop, to descend |
| 4 | Old Danish | fallæ | to fall |
| 5 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 8 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |
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 |