Where does “nøkkeltall” come from?
nøkkeltall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål nøkkel, from Middle Norwegian nykill, from Old Norse lykill, from Old Norse lúka, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
nøkkeltall (Norwegian Bokmål): key figure(s) often plural, e.g. in an analysis
Definitions
- key figure(s) often plural, e.g. in an analysis
Ancestry of “nøkkeltall”, step by step
nøkkeltall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål nøkkel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nøkkel | a key; a spanner or wrench |
| 2 | Middle Norwegian | nykill | key |
| 3 | Old Norse | lykill | key |
| 4 | Old Norse | lúka | to shut; to end, bring to an end, finish,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via Norwegian Bokmål tall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tall | number, numeral, figure |
| 2 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |