Where does “fartsmåler” come from?

fartsmåler (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måler, from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fartsmåler (Norwegian Bokmål): an airspeed indicator; a speedometer; a device...

Definitions

  1. an airspeed indicator; a speedometer; a device...

Ancestry of “fartsmåler”, step by step

fartsmåler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål måler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmålera meter; a geometer moth or geometrid moth of...
2Norwegian Bokmålmåleto measure
3Norwegian Bokmålmållanguage, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,...
4Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
5Old Frenchmole—
6Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Norwegian Bokmål fart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfartvelocity, speed; movement, motion; transportation
2Middle Low Germanvarttraffic, journey
3Old Saxonfardtraffic, journey
4Proto-West Germanicfardijourney, voyage
5Proto-Germanicfardizjourney, voyage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin modulus →