Where does “prøve” come from?
prøve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse prófa, from Middle Low German prôven, from Old French prover, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
prøve (Norwegian Bokmål): test; sample; to try
Definitions
- test; sample; to try
Ancestry of “prøve”, step by step
prøve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse prófa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | prófa | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | prôven | — |
| 3 | Old French | prover | to prove |
| 4 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 6 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Middle Low German prōve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | prōve | — |
| 2 | Old French | prueve | proof |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | provenda | — |
| 4 | Latin | praebenda | nominative feminine singular of praebendus;... |
| 5 | Latin | praebendus | which is to be proffered |
| 6 | Latin | praebeō | to proffer, offer |
| 7 | Latin | habeō | to have, hold |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | habēō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰh₁bʰ- | to grab, to take; to grab, take |