Where does “fremstille” come from?
fremstille (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål stille, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
fremstille (Norwegian Bokmål): to depict, represent; to act, play, portray; to...
Definitions
- to depict, represent; to act, play, portray; to...
Ancestry of “fremstille”, step by step
fremstille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål stille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | stille | silent; still; quiet |
| 2 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål frem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | frem | forward; imperative of fremme |
| 2 | Danish | frem | forward; toward; imperative of fremme |
| 3 | Old Danish | fræm | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | fram | forward, forth |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fram | from; by, due to; forth, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | framaz | forward, prominent |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | prom- | forth, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |