Where does “løk” come from?
løk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō — to move.
løk (Norwegian Bokmål): an onion
Definitions
- an onion
Ancestry of “løk”, step by step
løk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål lokomotiv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 2 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 3 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 5 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 6 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |