Where does “læringskurve” come from?
læringskurve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål læring, from Norwegian Bokmål lære, from Old Norse læra, from Middle Low German lēren, from Old Saxon lērian, from Proto-West Germanic laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic laizijaną, from Proto-Indo-European loyséyeti — to trace; to track.
læringskurve (Norwegian Bokmål): a learning curve
Definitions
- a learning curve
Ancestry of “læringskurve”, step by step
læringskurve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål læring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | læring | learning |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | lære | education; dogma; study |
| 3 | Old Norse | læra | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | lēren | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | lērian | to teach |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | laiʀijan | to teach |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | laizijaną | to teach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | loyséyeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leys | to trace; to track |
via Norwegian Bokmål kurve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kurve | a curve; bend, curve |
| 2 | Latin | curva | nominative feminine singular of curvus;... |
| 3 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |