Where does “holdbarhetstid” come from?
holdbarhetstid (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål holdbarhet, from Norwegian Bokmål holdbar, from German haltbar, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
holdbarhetstid (Norwegian Bokmål): shelf life
Ancestry of “holdbarhetstid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | holdbarhet | durability; shelf life |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | holdbar | durable, hard-wearing; non-perishable; tenable,... |
| 3 | German | haltbar | durable, lasting; tenable |
| 4 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 5 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 6 | Middle English | halt | — |
| 7 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |