Where does “parafinlykt” come from?
parafinlykt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål parafin, from German Paraffin, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
parafinlykt (Norwegian Bokmål): a kerosene or paraffin lantern or lamp
Definitions
- a kerosene or paraffin lantern or lamp
Ancestry of “parafinlykt”, step by step
parafinlykt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål parafin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | parafin | paraffin or kerosene |
| 2 | German | Paraffin | paraffin, alkane |
| 3 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |