Where does “ferjeterminal” come from?
ferjeterminal (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ferje, from Norwegian Nynorsk ferje, from Old Norse ferja, from Proto-Germanic farjǭ, from Proto-Germanic farjaną, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
ferjeterminal (Norwegian Bokmål): a ferry terminal
Definitions
- a ferry terminal
Ancestry of “ferjeterminal”, step by step
ferjeterminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ferje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ferje | a ferry |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ferje | a ferry |
| 3 | Old Norse | ferja | ferry; to ferry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | farjǭ | ferry |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | farjaną | to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål terminal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | terminal | a terminal |
| 2 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 4 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 5 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |