Where does “franskspråklig” come from?
franskspråklig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fransk, from Middle Low German fransch, from Old French Franceis, from Latin Franciscus, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
franskspråklig (Norwegian Bokmål): French-speaking having French as a mother tongue
Definitions
- French-speaking having French as a mother tongue
Ancestry of “franskspråklig”, step by step
franskspråklig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fransk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fransk | French |
| 2 | Middle Low German | fransch | — |
| 3 | Old French | Franceis | — |
| 4 | Latin | Franciscus | French; Frankish |
| 5 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Norwegian Bokmål språklig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | språklig | linguistic, relating to language |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -lig | -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |