Where does “krigsreporter” come from?
krigsreporter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål reporter, from English reporter, from English report, from Middle English reporten, from Old French reporter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
krigsreporter (Norwegian Bokmål): a war reporter
Definitions
- a war reporter
Ancestry of “krigsreporter”, step by step
krigsreporter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål reporter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | reporter | a reporter |
| 2 | English | reporter | Someone or something that reports; A journalist... |
| 3 | English | report | To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something) |
| 4 | Middle English | reporten | to report |
| 5 | Old French | reporter | to bring back; to gain; to get |
| 6 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål krig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krig | war |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krîch | battle; war; fight |
| 3 | Old Saxon | krīg | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |