Where does “periodesystem” come from?
periodesystem (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål periode, from Ancient Greek περίοδος, from Ancient Greek ὁδός, from Proto-Hellenic *hodós.
periodesystem (Norwegian Bokmål): periodic table
Ancestry of “periodesystem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | periode | a period; an era |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | περίοδος | going round in a circle, flank march;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὁδός | threshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *hodós | — |