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Where does “oljemaleri” come from?

oljemaleri (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål maleri, from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

oljemaleri (Norwegian Bokmål): an oil painting

Definitions

  1. an oil painting

Ancestry of “oljemaleri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmaleripainting, a picture
2Norwegian Bokmålmåleto measure
3Norwegian Bokmålmållanguage, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,...
4Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
5Old Frenchmole—
6Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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