Where does “innvarsle” come from?
innvarsle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål varsle, from Norwegian Bokmål varsel, from Norwegian Bokmål vare, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware, from Old Saxon wār, from Proto-West Germanic wār, from Proto-Germanic wēraz — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
innvarsle (Norwegian Bokmål): to foreshadow, herald, harbinger
Definitions
- to foreshadow, herald, harbinger
Ancestry of “innvarsle”, step by step
innvarsle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål varsle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | varsle | to alert; notify; warn; to predict; forecast |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | varsel | notification, alert, heads-up; omen, sign;... |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | vare | an article or item; a commodity; goods,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 5 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |