Where does “forstørrelse” come from?
forstørrelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forstørre, from German vergrößern, from German größer, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ — -y, -ic.
forstørrelse (Norwegian Bokmål): (an) enlargement
Definitions
- (an) enlargement
Ancestry of “forstørrelse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forstørre | to enlarge |
| 2 | German | vergrößern | to enlarge, to amplify, to increase; to become... |
| 3 | German | größer | comparative degree of groß |
| 4 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 5 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 6 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 7 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 8 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |