Where does “kugalskap” come from?
kugalskap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål galskap, from Norwegian Bokmål -skap, from Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
kugalskap (Norwegian Bokmål): mad cow disease
Definitions
- mad cow disease
Ancestry of “kugalskap”, step by step
kugalskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål galskap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | galskap | madness; craziness; insanity |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -skap | -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old Norse | -skapr | Used to form nouns from nouns and adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |