Where does “hvitløk” come from?
hvitløk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål løk, from Norwegian Bokmål lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo — to move.
hvitløk (Norwegian Bokmål): garlic
Definitions
- garlic
Ancestry of “hvitløk”, step by step
hvitløk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål løk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | løk | an onion |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 3 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 4 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 6 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 7 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
via Norwegian Bokmål hvit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hvit | white |
| 2 | Danish | hvid | white; blank; penny, cent/dime |
| 3 | Middle Low German | witte | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |