Where does “fotballpøbel” come from?
fotballpøbel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål pøbel, from German Pöbel, from French peuple, from Middle French peuple, from Old French pueple, from Old French poblo, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.
fotballpøbel (Norwegian Bokmål): a football hooligan
Ancestry of “fotballpøbel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pøbel | a mob, riffraff; a hooligan |
| 2 | German | Pöbel | mob; riffraff |
| 3 | French | peuple | people |
| 4 | Middle French | peuple | a people |
| 5 | Old French | pueple | a people |
| 6 | Old French | poblo | Alternative form of pueple |
| 7 | Latin | pōpulus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |