Where does “hoppbakke” come from?
hoppbakke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bakke, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Forms comparative adjectives.
hoppbakke (Norwegian Bokmål): a ski jump
Definitions
- a ski jump
Ancestry of “hoppbakke”, step by step
hoppbakke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bakke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bakke | a hill or slope; the ground; to back |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
via Norwegian Bokmål hopp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hopp | a jump; imperative of hoppe |
| 2 | Old Norse | hopp | jump |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | huppōną | to move up and down; hop |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |