Where does “fallskjermsoldat” come from?
fallskjermsoldat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål soldat, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.
fallskjermsoldat (Norwegian Bokmål): a paratrooper
Definitions
- a paratrooper
Ancestry of “fallskjermsoldat”, step by step
fallskjermsoldat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | soldat | soldier |
| 2 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 6 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 7 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 8 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 9 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
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 |