Where does “kikkertsikte” come from?
kikkertsikte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sikte, from Danish sigte, from German sichten, from German Sicht, from Middle High German siht, from Old High German siht, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan — to follow; to see; to say.
kikkertsikte (Norwegian Bokmål): a telescopic sight
Definitions
- a telescopic sight
Ancestry of “kikkertsikte”, step by step
kikkertsikte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sikte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sikte | sight; a sight; to charge, indict |
| 2 | Danish | sigte | aim; sieve; to aim |
| 3 | German | sichten | to sight; to sift, sort, winnow; to classify,... |
| 4 | German | Sicht | view; sight; visibility |
| 5 | Middle High German | siht | — |
| 6 | Old High German | siht | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sihti | seeing, sight |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Norwegian Bokmål kikkert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kikkert | binoculars |
| 2 | Dutch | kijker | telescope; pair of binoculars; viewer |
| 3 | Dutch | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -āri | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |