Where does “lydmester” come from?
lydmester (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mester, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.
lydmester (Norwegian Bokmål): a sound engineer, sound manager perhaps loosely translated, improvement welcome
Definitions
- a sound engineer, sound manager perhaps loosely translated, improvement welcome
Ancestry of “lydmester”, step by step
lydmester traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mester | a champion; a master |
| 2 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 5 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 6 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Norwegian Bokmål lyd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lyd | sound; people; imperative of lyde |
| 2 | Danish | lyd | sound; noise; imperative of lyde |
| 3 | Old Danish | liud | a sound |
| 4 | Old Norse | hljóð | silence, hearing; a sound, cry; a musical sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hleuþą | listening, hearing; sound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew-to- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |