Where does “fruktbarhet” come from?
fruktbarhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish fruktbar, from Swedish frukt, from Old Swedish frukt, from Old Norse fruktr, from Middle Low German vrucht, from Old Saxon fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus — to give.
fruktbarhet (Norwegian Bokmål): fertility
Definitions
- fertility
Ancestry of “fruktbarhet”, step by step
fruktbarhet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fruktbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fruktbar | fertile |
| 2 | Swedish | frukt | fruit |
| 3 | Old Swedish | frukt | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | fruktr | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vrucht | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | fruht | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *fruht | fruit |
| 8 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Norwegian Bokmål fruktbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fruktbar | fertile; fruitful |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | bar | bare, naked; a bar; the needles of the conifers,... |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |