Where does “forstadsbane” come from?
forstadsbane (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forstad, from German Vorstadt, from German vor, from Middle High German vore, from Old High German fora, from Proto-West Germanic forē, from Proto-Germanic furai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- — passed , crossed.
forstadsbane (Norwegian Bokmål): a suburban railway (or tramway / light rail line running on reserved track)
Definitions
- a suburban railway (or tramway / light rail line running on reserved track)
Ancestry of “forstadsbane”, step by step
forstadsbane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forstad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forstad | a suburb |
| 2 | German | Vorstadt | suburb |
| 3 | German | vor | before, prior to, ahead of; ahead of, in front... |
| 4 | Middle High German | vore | — |
| 5 | Old High German | fora | before, against, in the presence of |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål bane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bane | a trajectory; a railway line; a sports field |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bāne | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bana | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |