Where does “flammekaster” come from?
flammekaster (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål flamme, from German Flamme, from Middle High German vlamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
flammekaster (Norwegian Bokmål): flamethrower
Definitions
- flamethrower
Ancestry of “flammekaster”, step by step
flammekaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål flamme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | flamme | flame; to blaze, flame; flamme opp: to flare up,... |
| 2 | German | Flamme | flame |
| 3 | Middle High German | vlamme | — |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via Norwegian Bokmål kaste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kaste | caste; to throw; to dart |
| 2 | Portuguese | casta | bloodline; lineage; breed; race; species |
| 3 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 4 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |