Where does “morgenrøde” come from?
morgenrøde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål morgen, from Danish morgen, from Old Norse morginn, from Proto-Germanic murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥kéno, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥Hko, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
morgenrøde (Norwegian Bokmål): morning red, a red sky in the morning
Definitions
- morning red, a red sky in the morning
Ancestry of “morgenrøde”, step by step
morgenrøde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål morgen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | morgen | morning |
| 2 | Danish | morgen | morning |
| 3 | Old Norse | morginn | morning |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | murganaz | Alternative form of *murginaz; morning |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥kéno | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥Hko | to blink, twinkle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via Norwegian Bokmål røde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | røde | definite singular of rød; plural of rød |
| 2 | Old Norse | rǿða | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rōdijaną | to speak, talk about |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂roh₁dʰéyeti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |