Where does “gåshud” come from?
gåshud (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gåsehud, from Danish gås, from German Gaskammer, from German kammer, from Middle High German kamer, from Old High German chamara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα — to bend, to curve.
gåshud (Norwegian Bokmål): Alternative form of gåsehud
Definitions
- Alternative form of gåsehud
Ancestry of “gåshud”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gåsehud | goose bumps, goose pimples |
| 2 | Danish | gås | goose; present tense passive of gå; infinitive... |
| 3 | German | Gaskammer | gas chamber |
| 4 | German | kammer | chamber; room |
| 5 | Middle High German | kamer | — |
| 6 | Old High German | chamara | — |
| 7 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |