Where does “menneskeofring” come from?
menneskeofring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ofring, from Norwegian Bokmål ofre, from Old Norse offra, from Latin offerre, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
menneskeofring (Norwegian Bokmål): a human sacrifice
Definitions
- a human sacrifice
Ancestry of “menneskeofring”, step by step
menneskeofring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ofring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ofring | an offering, a sacrifice |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ofre | indefinite plural of offer; to sacrifice |
| 3 | Old Norse | offra | to offer |
| 4 | Latin | offerre | present active infinitive of offerō; bring to,... |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |