Where does “fiskebåt” come from?
fiskebåt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fiske, from Old Norse fiski, from Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic fiskōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
fiskebåt (Norwegian Bokmål): a fishing boat
Definitions
- a fishing boat
Ancestry of “fiskebåt”, step by step
fiskebåt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fiske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fiske | fishing; to fish |
| 2 | Old Norse | fiski | fishing |
| 3 | Old Norse | fiska | to fish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fiskōną | to fish, to catch fish |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål båt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | båt | a boat |
| 2 | Danish | båd | boat |
| 3 | Old Danish | baat | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | bátr | boat |
| 5 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |