Where does “legemiddel” come from?
legemiddel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål middel, from Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
legemiddel (Norwegian Bokmål): medicine, pharmaceutical, medicament
Definitions
- medicine, pharmaceutical, medicament
Ancestry of “legemiddel”, step by step
legemiddel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål middel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | middel | a means |
| 2 | Middle Low German | middel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | middil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |
via Norwegian Bokmål lege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lege | a doctor; to heal, cure |
| 2 | Danish | læge | doctor; physician; surgeon |
| 3 | Old Danish | lægæ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | lækna | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lēkinōną | to heal, to cure |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lēkijaz | doctor, physician |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |