Where does “nyhetsbyrå” come from?
nyhetsbyrå (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål byrå, from Danish bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
nyhetsbyrå (Norwegian Bokmål): a news agency
Definitions
- a news agency
Ancestry of “nyhetsbyrå”, step by step
nyhetsbyrå traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål byrå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | byrå | agency, bureau, office |
| 2 | Danish | bureau | office, bureau, agency |
| 3 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 4 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 5 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 6 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål nyhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nyhet | news; a novelty |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ny | new |
| 3 | Old Norse | Nýr | name of a dwarf |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via Swedish byrå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | byrå | a bureau, a dresser, a chest of drawers; a... |