Where does “kjølvann” come from?
kjølvann (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa — whale, sea monster; abyss.
kjølvann (Norwegian Bokmål): wake; aftermath
Definitions
- wake; aftermath
Ancestry of “kjølvann”, step by step
kjølvann traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kjøl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjøl | a keel; a chill, cooling gust of wind; a scare |
| 2 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 4 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 5 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 6 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 7 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 8 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 9 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Norwegian Bokmål vann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vann | water; body of water; pond, lake; imperative of... |
| 2 | Danish | vand | water; sea; soft drink |
| 3 | Old Danish | watn | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | vatn | water; lake; waterway, river |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |