Where does “kjerringsnakk” come from?
kjerringsnakk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjerring, from Old Norse kerling, from Old Norse Karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic karilaz, from Proto-Germanic karaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
kjerringsnakk (Norwegian Bokmål): old wives' tale(s), old women's talk or twaddle
Definitions
- old wives' tale(s), old women's talk or twaddle
Ancestry of “kjerringsnakk”, step by step
kjerringsnakk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kjerring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjerring | old woman; wife; girl, lady |
| 2 | Old Norse | kerling | woman, wife; old woman |
| 3 | Old Norse | Karl | man |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | karilaz | free man, franklin; little man, young man |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | karaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |