Where does “forretningsfolk” come from?
forretningsfolk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål folk, from Danish folk, from English folk, from German volk, from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką — to fill.
forretningsfolk (Norwegian Bokmål): business people
Definitions
- business people
Ancestry of “forretningsfolk”, step by step
forretningsfolk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål forretning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forretning | business; firm; enterprise; shop; store |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ning | used to form nouns, usually from verbs |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ning | — |