Where does “kraftidiot” come from?
kraftidiot (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kraft, from Old Norse kraptr, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
kraftidiot (Norwegian Bokmål): big idiot, jerk, moron
Ancestry of “kraftidiot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kraft | a force; power; i kraft - in force |
| 2 | Old Norse | kraptr | strength |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |