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

Definitions

  1. a footnote

Ancestry of “fotnote”, step by step

fotnote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfota foot
2Old Norsefótra foot
3Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Norwegian Bokmål note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålnotea note; a note in a book or text; a banknote
2Latinnotāmark, sign
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →