Where does “overfladisk” come from?
overfladisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål overflate, from German oberfläche, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
overfladisk (Norwegian Bokmål): superficial, shallow; cursory
Definitions
- superficial, shallow; cursory
Ancestry of “overfladisk”, step by step
overfladisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål overflate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | overflate | surface |
| 2 | German | oberfläche | surface |
| 3 | Latin | superficiēs | the top, surface |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Danish overflade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | overflade | surface |
| 2 | Danish | over | above; past an hour; across |
| 3 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 4 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 5 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ōferaz | edge; shore |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₁/h₂peros | — |