Where does “kjærlighetsliv” come from?
kjærlighetsliv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjærlighet, from Norwegian Bokmål -het, from Middle Low German -hēt, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
kjærlighetsliv (Norwegian Bokmål): love life
Definitions
- love life
Ancestry of “kjærlighetsliv”, step by step
kjærlighetsliv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål liv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | liv | life; waist; energy, eagerness |
| 2 | Old Norse | líf | life |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lībą | body; life |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lībaną | to remain, to be left |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |