Where does “midtlinje” come from?
midtlinje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål linje, from German linie, from Polish linia, from Polish -uszek, from Polish -ek, from Polish -ny, from Latin temporālis, from Latin tempus — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
midtlinje (Norwegian Bokmål): a centre line or center line; a median line;...
Definitions
- a centre line or center line; a median line;...
Ancestry of “midtlinje”, step by step
midtlinje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål linje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | linje | a line; file |
| 2 | German | linie | line |
| 3 | Polish | linia | line |
| 4 | Polish | -uszek | forms masculine diminutives |
| 5 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 6 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 8 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
via Norwegian Bokmål midt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | midt | in the middle; middle |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | midte | midst, middle |
| 3 | German | mitte | middle |
| 4 | Middle High German | mitte | — |
| 5 | Old High German | mitti | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | midją | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |