Where does “latterliggjøre” come from?
latterliggjøre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gjøre, from Danish gøre, from Old Danish gøræ, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
latterliggjøre (Norwegian Bokmål): to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make...
Definitions
- to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make...
Ancestry of “latterliggjøre”, step by step
latterliggjøre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål gjøre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjøre | to do |
| 2 | Danish | gøre | to do, perform, execute; to make |
| 3 | Old Danish | gøræ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål latterlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | latterlig | ridiculous, laughable, ludicrous; ridiculously |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -lig | -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |