Where does “idrettsutøver” come from?
idrettsutøver (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål utøver, from Norwegian Bokmål over, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
idrettsutøver (Norwegian Bokmål): an athlete
Definitions
- an athlete
Ancestry of “idrettsutøver”, step by step
idrettsutøver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål utøver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | utøver | a practitioner; a participant in a sport,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 3 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål idrett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | idrett | sport |
| 2 | Danish | idræt | sports; sport; physical education |
| 3 | Icelandic | íþrótt | sport |
| 4 | Old Norse | íþrótt | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | þróttr | strength, might, valour |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þruhtuz | strength; fortitude; perseverance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | treg- | still, rigid; firm, fast; stiff, rigid |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)terǵ- | a type of bird; manure, dung; to sully, decay |