Where does “overlege” come from?
overlege (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lege, from Danish læge, from Old Danish lægæ, from Old Norse lækna, from Proto-Germanic lēkinōną, from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
overlege (Norwegian Bokmål): senior consultant (UK) or attending physician (US), a senior rank for a hospital-based physician who is a specialist
Definitions
- senior consultant (UK) or attending physician (US), a senior rank for a hospital-based physician who is a specialist
Ancestry of “overlege”, step by step
overlege traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål lege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lege | a doctor; to heal, cure |
| 2 | Danish | læge | doctor; physician; surgeon |
| 3 | Old Danish | lægæ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | lækna | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lēkinōną | to heal, to cure |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lēkijaz | doctor, physician |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Norwegian Bokmål over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 2 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |