Where does “folkerepublikk” come from?
folkerepublikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål republikk, from French république, from Middle French république, from Latin republica, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
folkerepublikk (Norwegian Bokmål): a people's republic
Definitions
- a people's republic
Ancestry of “folkerepublikk”, step by step
folkerepublikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål republikk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | republikk | a republic |
| 2 | French | république | republic |
| 3 | Middle French | république | republic |
| 4 | Latin | republica | ablative singular of rēspublica |
| 5 | Latin | rēspublica | a republic, commonwealth; the state, nation |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Norwegian Bokmål folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | folk | a people; people in general; folk |
| 2 | Danish | folk | people; men; crew |
| 3 | English | folk | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,... |
| 4 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 5 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 6 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |