Where does “forsikringsselskap” come from?
forsikringsselskap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forsikring, from Norwegian Bokmål forsikre, from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
forsikringsselskap (Norwegian Bokmål): an insurance company
Definitions
- an insurance company
Ancestry of “forsikringsselskap”, step by step
forsikringsselskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forsikring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forsikring | insurance, or assurance; an assurance |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | forsikre | to insure; to assure, reassure; to make sure |
| 3 | German | versichern | to insure; to reassure, assure |
| 4 | Italian | assicurare | to assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Norwegian Bokmål selskap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | selskap | company; party; society |
| 2 | Middle Low German | selschap | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | selskepi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | saljaskapiz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | saljô | roommate; companion |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | salją | a building; barn; shed; room; chamber |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | saliz | house; dwelling; hall; room |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sol- | whole |