Where does “gjenfortelling” come from?
gjenfortelling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gjenfortelle, from Norwegian Bokmål fortelle, from Middle Low German vörtellen, from Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
gjenfortelling (Norwegian Bokmål): retelling
Definitions
- retelling
Ancestry of “gjenfortelling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjenfortelle | to retell, repeat |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | fortelle | to recount, as a story |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vörtellen | to tell, to narrate, to recount |
| 4 | Middle Low German | tellen | to count, to tell |
| 5 | Old Saxon | tellian | to count; to tell |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |