Where does “kolonimakt” come from?
kolonimakt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål makt, from Old Norse makt, from Middle Low German macht, from Old Saxon maht, from Proto-West Germanic mahti, from Proto-Germanic mahtiz, from Proto-Germanic mahtuz, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis — to be able.
kolonimakt (Norwegian Bokmål): a colonial power
Definitions
- a colonial power
Ancestry of “kolonimakt”, step by step
kolonimakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål makt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | makt | power |
| 2 | Old Norse | makt | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | macht | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | maht | might |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Norwegian Bokmål koloni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | koloni | a colony |
| 2 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 3 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 4 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |