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
- a guest worker
Ancestry of “gjestearbeider”, step by step
gjestearbeider traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål arbeider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | arbeider | a worker; indefinite plural of arbeid; present... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | arbeide | Alternative spelling of arbeid; to work |
| 3 | Middle Low German | arbeit | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | arvēd | labour |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |
via German Gastarbeiter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gastarbeiter | guest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker |
| 2 | German | gaſt | guest |
| 3 | Middle High German | gast | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gaſt | guest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *gasti | guest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål gjeste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjeste | to visit |