Where does “fotnote” come from?
fotnote (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fot, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
fotnote (Norwegian Bokmål): a footnote
Ancestry of “fotnote”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fot | a foot |
| 2 | Old Norse | fótr | a foot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |