Where does “gjestearbeider” come from?

gjestearbeider (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål arbeider, from Norwegian Bokmål arbeide, from Middle Low German arbeit, from Old Saxon arvēd, from Proto-West Germanic arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

gjestearbeider (Norwegian Bokmål): a guest worker

Definitions

  1. a guest worker

Ancestry of “gjestearbeider”, step by step

gjestearbeider traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål arbeider

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålarbeidera worker; indefinite plural of arbeid; present...
2Norwegian BokmålarbeideAlternative spelling of arbeid; to work
3Middle Low Germanarbeit
4Old Saxonarvēdlabour
5Proto-West Germanicarbaiþihardship
6Proto-Germanicarbaidizlabour, work, toil; hardship, suffering
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

via German Gastarbeiter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGastarbeiterguest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker
2Germangaſtguest
3Middle High Germangast
4Old High Germangaſtguest
5Proto-West Germanic*gastiguest
6Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
8Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Norwegian Bokmål gjeste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgjesteto visit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰosEvery word from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz
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