Where does “næringsvirksomhet” come from?
næringsvirksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål virksomhet, from Norwegian Bokmål virksom, from Norwegian Bokmål virke, from German wirken, from Middle High German wirken, from Old High German wirken, from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną — to make.
næringsvirksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål): business activity
Definitions
- business activity
Ancestry of “næringsvirksomhet”, step by step
næringsvirksomhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål virksomhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | virksomhet | a business; activity |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | virksom | effective |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | virke | business; work; of or related to woodwork; to... |
| 4 | German | wirken | to work; to be effective; to take effect |
| 5 | Middle High German | wirken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wirken | to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via Norwegian Bokmål næring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | næring | food, sustenance, nourishment; business,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | nære | definite singular of nær; plural of nær; to feed,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | neren | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | nerian | to save |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | naʀjan | to save, to rescue |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nazjaną | to save; rescue; heal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nes- | to return home |