Where does “mistillitsvotum” come from?
mistillitsvotum (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus, from Latin vovere, from Latin voveo, from Proto-Italic wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wegʷʰ- — to promise, to vow; to praise.
mistillitsvotum (Norwegian Bokmål): a vote of no confidence
Definitions
- a vote of no confidence
Ancestry of “mistillitsvotum”, step by step
mistillitsvotum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin vōtum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vōtum | promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge |
| 2 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed |
| 3 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |
via Norwegian Bokmål mistillit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mistillit | distrust, lack of confidence |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mis- | A prefix used to negate a noun or verb, e.g. forstå (understand) > misforstå > (misunderstand) |
| 3 | Old Norse | mis- | mis-, wrong, erroneous |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |