Where does “frikoble” come from?
frikoble (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål koble, from Hungarian köböl, from Middle High German kübel, from Old High German kubilo, from Latin cupula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
frikoble (Norwegian Bokmål): to disengage
Definitions
- to disengage
Ancestry of “frikoble”, step by step
frikoble traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål koble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | koble | to connect, to link; to couple |
| 2 | Hungarian | köböl | a measure of volume for grain crop, lumpy... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kübel | wooden vessel; this vessel as a measure of grain |
| 4 | Old High German | kubilo | — |
| 5 | Latin | cupula | A small tub or cask |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål fri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fri | free, not imprisoned or enslaved; free, not... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vrī | free |
| 3 | Old Saxon | frī | free |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | frī | free |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |