Where does “kortform” come from?
kortform (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kortform (Norwegian Bokmål): short form of a word, name, term
Definitions
- short form of a word, name, term
Ancestry of “kortform”, step by step
kortform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kort | short; brief; briefly, shortly |
| 2 | Low German | kort | a card |
| 3 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 4 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 5 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 6 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 7 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 8 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 9 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 10 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Norwegian Bokmål form
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | form | form; shape; a mould |
| 2 | English | form | To do with shape; To do with structure or... |
| 3 | Middle English | forme | first; shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat,... |
| 4 | Old English | forma | first |
| 5 | Old English | fore | before; forepart, front |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |