Where does “kjærlighetshistorie” come from?
kjærlighetshistorie (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål historie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr, from Indo-European *weyd-.
kjærlighetshistorie (Norwegian Bokmål): a love story
Definitions
- a love story
Ancestry of “kjærlighetshistorie”, step by step
kjærlighetshistorie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål historie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | historie | history; a story |
| 2 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 8 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål kjærlighet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjærlighet | love; lollipop |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -het | Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning;... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | -hēt | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |