Where does “nysgjerrigper” come from?
nysgjerrigper (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål per, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.
nysgjerrigper (Norwegian Bokmål): a busybody; one who is intrusive or nosy
Definitions
- a busybody; one who is intrusive or nosy
Ancestry of “nysgjerrigper”, step by step
nysgjerrigper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | per | For each, for every, per |
| 2 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 3 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 4 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 5 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 6 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 7 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål nysgjerrig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nysgjerrig | curious; inquisitive; nosy |
| 2 | German Low German | nisgirig | — |