Where does “lysmåler” come from?
lysmåler (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måler, from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lysmåler (Norwegian Bokmål): a light meter, exposure meter
Definitions
- a light meter, exposure meter
Ancestry of “lysmåler”, step by step
lysmåler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål måler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | måler | a meter; a geometer moth or geometrid moth of... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | måle | to measure |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | mål | language, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,... |
| 4 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 5 | Old French | mole | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål lys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lys | light; fair, blonde; fair |
| 2 | Danish | lys | light; bright; fair, blond |
| 3 | Old Danish | liūs | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | ljós | a burning light; light of the sun |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | leuhsą | light |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk-so-m | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |