Where does “jaktfalk” come from?
jaktfalk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål jakt, from Middle Low German jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
jaktfalk (Norwegian Bokmål): gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Definitions
- gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Ancestry of “jaktfalk”, step by step
jaktfalk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål jakt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | jakt | a hunt; hunting; imperative of jakte |
| 2 | Middle Low German | jacht | a hunt; a chase, a pursuit; a fast ship |
| 3 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål falk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | falk | a falcon |
| 2 | Old Norse | falkr | falcon; hawk |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | falkô | falcon |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 5 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |