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

  1. paratrooper

Ancestry of “fallskjermjeger”, step by step

fallskjermjeger traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fallskjerm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfallskjerma parachute
2Norwegian Bokmålfalla fall; case; imperative of falle
3Norwegian Bokmålfallea slanted metal piece in a door lock that moves...
4Danishfaldeto fall; to drop, to descend
5Old Danishfallæto fall
6Old Norsefallato fall
7Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
9Slovincianpólhalf
10Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
11Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate

via German Fallschirmjäger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFallschirmjägerparatrooper
2GermanJägerhunter; fighter; light infantry
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Norwegian Bokmål jeger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåljegerhunter; chasseur; huntsman, sportsman
2Middle Low Germanjeger
3Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
4Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelH-