Where does “frigjøringskrig” come from?
frigjøringskrig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål frigjøring, from Norwegian Bokmål frigjøre, from Norwegian Bokmål gjøre, from Danish gøre, from Old Danish gøræ, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz — resin.
frigjøringskrig (Norwegian Bokmål): war of independence or liberation
Definitions
- war of independence or liberation
Ancestry of “frigjøringskrig”, step by step
frigjøringskrig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål frigjøring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | frigjøring | liberation; release |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | frigjøre | to liberate, free; to release |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjøre | to do |
| 4 | Danish | gøre | to do, perform, execute; to make |
| 5 | Old Danish | gøræ | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Norwegian Bokmål krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krig | war |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krîch | battle; war; fight |
| 3 | Old Saxon | krīg | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |