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

Definitions

  1. big idiot, jerk, moron

Ancestry of “kraftidiot”, step by step

kraftidiot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkrafta force; power; i kraft - in force
2Old Norsekraptrstrength
3Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Norwegian Bokmål idiot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålidiotan idiot, imbecile, fool
2Ancient Greekἰδιώτηςa private person, one not engaged in public...
3Ancient Greekἴδιοςpertaining to self, that is, one's own; private;...
4Proto-Hellenic*hwédios—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz →