Where does “fireåring” come from?
fireåring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fire, from Danish fire, from Middle Low German fīren, from French virer, from Vulgar Latin viro, from Latin vibro, from Proto-Italic wibrāō, from Proto-Italic wibros — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.
fireåring (Norwegian Bokmål): a four-year-old
Definitions
- a four-year-old
Ancestry of “fireåring”, step by step
fireåring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fire | four; to slacken, ease; to lower |
| 2 | Danish | fire | four; to lower something fixed to a rope or... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | fīren | — |
| 4 | French | virer | to bear, veer; to turn into, become; to transfer |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | viro | — |
| 6 | Latin | vibro | I shake, agitate, brandish; I launch, hurl; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wibrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wibros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyb- | to oscillate; swing; rotate, move |
via Norwegian Bokmål åring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | åring | a harvest, the yield of one year; a yearling;... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | år | a year |
| 3 | French | are | an are |
| 4 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |