Where does “firkløver” come from?
firkløver (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.
firkløver (Norwegian Bokmål): a four-leaf clover; a group of four people who...
Definitions
- a four-leaf clover; a group of four people who...
Ancestry of “firkløver”, step by step
firkløver 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 kløver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kløver | clover; club |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -er | person or thing that does an action indicated by... |
| 3 | Danish | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |