Where does “middagshvil” come from?
middagshvil (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hvil, from Norwegian Bokmål hvile, from Old Norse hvíla, from Proto-Germanic hwīlāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
middagshvil (Norwegian Bokmål): a nap taken after eating dinner – siesta
Definitions
- a nap taken after eating dinner – siesta
Ancestry of “middagshvil”, step by step
middagshvil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hvil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hvil | a rest, repose; imperative of hvile |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | hvile | rest, repose; to rest; to lie |
| 3 | Old Norse | hvíla | bed; to rest; to lie, rest, sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwīlāną | to rest, to pause, to take a break |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål middag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | middag | dinner; noon, midday |
| 2 | Old Norse | miðdagr | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | miðr | middle; comparative degree of lítt |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midjaz | middle, mid |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |