Where does “flerfarget” come from?
flerfarget (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål farget, from Norwegian Bokmål farge, from Middle Low German verwe, from Old Saxon farwi, from Proto-West Germanic faru, from Proto-Germanic farwō, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
flerfarget (Norwegian Bokmål): multicolour or multicoloured (UK), multicolor or multicolored (US) (having many colours)
Definitions
- multicolour or multicoloured (UK), multicolor or multicolored (US) (having many colours)
Ancestry of “flerfarget”, step by step
flerfarget traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål farget
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | farget | coloured or colored; biased, non-neutral;... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | farge | color / colour |
| 3 | Middle Low German | verwe | Alternative form of varwe; color, paint |
| 4 | Old Saxon | farwi | colour |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål fler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fler | comparative degree of mange; more |