Where does “oddetall” come from?
oddetall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål odde, from Old Norse oddi, from Old Norse -i, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
oddetall (Norwegian Bokmål): an odd number
Definitions
- an odd number
Ancestry of “oddetall”, step by step
oddetall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål odde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | odde | a headland, point |
| 2 | Old Norse | oddi | odd, third or additional number; triangle |
| 3 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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,... |