Where does “fallskjermjeger” come from?
fallskjermjeger (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fallskjerm, 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- — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
fallskjermjeger (Norwegian Bokmål): paratrooper
Definitions
- paratrooper
Ancestry of “fallskjermjeger”, step by step
fallskjermjeger traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fallskjerm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fallskjerm | a parachute |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | fall | a fall; case; imperative of falle |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | falle | a slanted metal piece in a door lock that moves... |
| 4 | Danish | falde | to fall; to drop, to descend |
| 5 | Old Danish | fallæ | to fall |
| 6 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 9 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |
via German Fallschirmjäger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fallschirmjäger | paratrooper |
| 2 | German | Jäger | hunter; fighter; light infantry |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |