Where does “gammelfransk” come from?
gammelfransk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fransk, from Middle Low German fransch, from Old French Franceis, from Latin Franciscus, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
gammelfransk (Norwegian Bokmål): Old French mainly relating to the language
Definitions
- Old French mainly relating to the language
Ancestry of “gammelfransk”, step by step
gammelfransk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fransk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fransk | French |
| 2 | Middle Low German | fransch | — |
| 3 | Old French | Franceis | — |
| 4 | Latin | Franciscus | French; Frankish |
| 5 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |